Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2026· Updated Jul 29, 2026
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
CVE-2026-17166
Description
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.
Affected products
1- Range: <=5.3.7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/tags/5.3.7/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mage-eventpress/trunk/admin/settings/global/admin_setting_panel.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetmitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f43e35e-55cd-45f1-b8a5-e47398d97cc2mitre
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