CVE-2026-17166 json
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce <= 5.3.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Site-Wide Payment Settings Modification via mep_save_payment_settings_modal AJAX Action
published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-50098
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.7. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to modify site-wide payment settings — including WooCommerce payment enablement, cart redirect behavior, login requirements for checkout, confirmation page ID, and confirmed ticket statuses — that govern how all event bookings are processed.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- magepeopleteam Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f43e35e-55cd-45f1-b8a5-e47398d97cc2?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L1120
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L1080
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L25
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L1120
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L1080
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.php#L25
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&old=3625494%40mage-eventpress&new=3625494%40mage-eventpress
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-17166
- NVD CVE-2026-17166
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