CVE-2026-91077: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.7.3 does not restrict its event listing query to events the requesting user is permitted to read, so users with contributor-level access and above can retrieve other authors' private, draft and trashed events, together with event detail the standard listing does not show them. This discloses private events and their content that WordPress withholds from users lacking the read_private_posts capability.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before version 5.7.3 does not properly restrict its event listing queries to only those events the requesting user is authorized to view. As a result, users with contributor-level permissions or above can access private, draft, and trashed events created by other authors, including event details that are typically hidden from users without the read_private_posts capability. This constitutes an improper access control vulnerability categorized under CWE-284.
Potential Impact
This vulnerability leads to unauthorized disclosure of private event information within WordPress sites using the affected plugin versions. Users with contributor-level access or higher can view events and event details that should be inaccessible, potentially exposing sensitive or confidential event data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin to version 5.7.3 or later, where this access control issue has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
CVE-2026-91077: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce
Description
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 5.7.3 does not restrict its event listing query to events the requesting user is permitted to read, so users with contributor-level access and above can retrieve other authors' private, draft and trashed events, together with event detail the standard listing does not show them. This discloses private events and their content that WordPress withholds from users lacking the read_private_posts capability.
CVSS v3.1
Score 2.7low
Affected software
Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before version 5.7.3 does not properly restrict its event listing queries to only those events the requesting user is authorized to view. As a result, users with contributor-level permissions or above can access private, draft, and trashed events created by other authors, including event details that are typically hidden from users without the read_private_posts capability. This constitutes an improper access control vulnerability categorized under CWE-284.
Potential Impact
This vulnerability leads to unauthorized disclosure of private event information within WordPress sites using the affected plugin versions. Users with contributor-level access or higher can view events and event details that should be inaccessible, potentially exposing sensitive or confidential event data.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade the Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce plugin to version 5.7.3 or later, where this access control issue has been fixed. No other mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor advisory.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-14T17:24:31.808Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ab36d45f7a7c541065abcd0
Added to database: 09/23/2026, 06:10:13 UTC
Last enriched: 09/23/2026, 06:17:58 UTC
Last updated: 09/24/2026, 01:57:05 UTC
Views: 13
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