---
id: CVE-2026-84901
title: >-
  The Eventin  WordPress plugin before 4.1.22 does not properly check
  authorization on several of its event-management REST routes, allowing users
  with contributor-level access and above to change the site's front-page
  setting to an event …
summary: >-
  The Eventin  WordPress plugin before 4.1.22 does not properly check
  authorization on several of its event-management REST routes, allowing users
  with contributor-level access and above to change the site's front-page
  setting to an event …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-862
published: '2026-09-05'
updated: '2026-09-08'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-08T19:09:21.310'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84901'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b1906fd4-82ab-435f-bb07-e8f2db402029/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00331
epssPercentile: 0.23572
ingestedAt: '2026-09-06T06:51:17.623Z'
---

## Overview

The Eventin  WordPress plugin before 4.1.22 does not properly check authorization on several of its event-management REST routes, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to change the site's front-page setting to an event they do not own and to create, edit and delete global event and speaker taxonomy terms they should not be able to manage.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.