CVE-2026-9701

Eventer <= 4.4.4 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

2026-07-07 16:30
Rafie Muhammad

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 4.4.5
Affected Plugin
Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin
Affected Version
<= 4.4.4
CVSS
9.8Critical
Weakness type
CWE-289 · Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name
CVE
CVE-2026-9701
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At a glance

CVE-2026-9701 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name vulnerability in the Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 4.4.4. It carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 4.4.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed July 2026, reported by Rafie Muhammad.

Vulnerability Overview

The Eventer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an insecure password reset mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.4. The plugin stores a plaintext copy of the password reset key in the `eventer_verification_code` user meta field when a user requests a password reset. The plaintext key stored in `wp_usermeta` can be used with the plugin's custom reset action to set a new password for any user. Combined with another vulnerability such as SQL Injection (CVE-2026-9700), this makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the plaintext reset key and take over any user account, including administrators. Note: The password reset function only works up to PHP version 7.4.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-289: Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name

Reaching this weakness in Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin <= 4.4.4 takes no account at all. Authentication bypass by alternate name means access checks are performed against one form of an identifier while the sensitive operation uses another, so a differently spelled value slips through.

Registering or supplying a variant spelling of a privileged account's identifier is enough to be treated as that account. For Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin the fix is 4.4.5: builds <= 4.4.4 are affected, anything from 4.4.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 4.4.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Eventer - WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin 4.4.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

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External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9701https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bc656765-1eac-4a96-99e9-c22d64984923https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9701

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