CVE-2026-17166: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in magepeopleteam Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in all versions up to and including 5.3.7. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to modify critical site-wide payment settings that affect event booking processing. The vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or availability but can lead to unauthorized changes in payment and booking configurations.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-17166 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar WordPress plugin. Versions up to and including 5.3.7 fail to properly verify user authorization before allowing changes to site-wide payment settings. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level privileges or above can exploit this to modify settings such as WooCommerce payment enablement, cart redirect behavior, checkout login requirements, confirmation page ID, and ticket status confirmations, potentially affecting all event bookings on the site.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized modification of payment and booking settings by users with contributor-level access or higher. This could disrupt event booking workflows or payment processing but does not directly expose sensitive data or cause denial of service. The impact is limited to integrity of configuration settings related to event bookings.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and monitor for unauthorized changes to payment and booking settings.
CVE-2026-17166: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in magepeopleteam Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
Description
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in all versions up to and including 5.3.7. This flaw allows authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher to modify critical site-wide payment settings that affect event booking processing. The vulnerability does not impact confidentiality or availability but can lead to unauthorized changes in payment and booking configurations.
CVSS v3.1
Score 4.3medium
Affected software
magepeopleteam
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-17166 is an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar WordPress plugin. Versions up to and including 5.3.7 fail to properly verify user authorization before allowing changes to site-wide payment settings. Authenticated attackers with contributor-level privileges or above can exploit this to modify settings such as WooCommerce payment enablement, cart redirect behavior, checkout login requirements, confirmation page ID, and ticket status confirmations, potentially affecting all event bookings on the site.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized modification of payment and booking settings by users with contributor-level access or higher. This could disrupt event booking workflows or payment processing but does not directly expose sensitive data or cause denial of service. The impact is limited to integrity of configuration settings related to event bookings.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict contributor-level access to trusted users only and monitor for unauthorized changes to payment and booking settings.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-24T18:02:01.608Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a6963f39c2644c7f8c35f0d
Added to database: 07/29/2026, 02:22:43 UTC
Last enriched: 08/05/2026, 15:16:08 UTC
Last updated: 09/12/2026, 22:01:31 UTC
Views: 73
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