Eventer <= 4.4.4 — Insecure Password Reset Mechanism to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-9701Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.4.4Update to 4.4.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Eventer eventer
- Affected≤ 4.4.4
- Patched in4.4.5
Update to 4.4.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.4.4. Version 4.4.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Eventer.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 4.4.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Eventer to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
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.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Eventer
All 13| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.1 | WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin <= 0.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤0.1.1No patch available | CVE-2026-27394 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'code' Parameter ≤4.4.3Update to 4.4.4 | CVE-2026-9700 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤3.11.2.1Update to 3.11.2.2 | CVE-2025-39483 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤3.9.6No patch available | CVE-2025-39482 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤3.9.6No patch available | CVE-2025-39481 |
- Medium6.1WordPress Event & Booking Manager Plugin <= 0.1.1 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤0.1.1No patch available
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'code' Parameter
≤4.4.3Update to 4.4.4
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤3.11.2.1Update to 3.11.2.2
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤3.9.6No patch available
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤3.9.6No patch available
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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