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CVE-2026-16304VulnerabilityPublished

The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin before 3.4.2 does not properly validate ownership or the type of the

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-16304· High

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 3.4.2 soon.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 07:15 UTC

Severity
High

Rated High by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.4.2

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 5 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade WP Event Manager to 3.4.2.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
WP Event ManagerAffected
  • <3.4.2
Fixed in
  • 3.4.2

AI-suggested

A fix is available in WP Event Manager version 3.4.2. Users should upgrade to version 3.4.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Until upgraded, restricting Subscriber-level access or disabling the relevant frontend feature may reduce risk.

Description

The WP Event Manager WordPress plugin versions prior to 3.4.2 contain a vulnerability where the plugin does not properly validate ownership or the type of user-supplied post identifiers in a frontend form. This flaw allows users with Subscriber accounts or higher to reassign authorship of arbitrary posts to themselves and force those posts to be published, potentially exposing private or draft content publicly. The vulnerability requires the relevant frontend feature to be enabled.

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