CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-15017
The MDJM Event Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.8.4. This is due to missing capability checks and nonce verification in the `MDJM_Permissions::set_permissions()` and `MDJM_Employee_Manager::init()` functions, combined with the absence of server-side allow-list validation on the `employee_roles[]` and `new_role` POST parameters before they are passed to `mdjm_set_employee_role()` and `WP_User::set_role()`. This makes i
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"MDJM Event Management","vendor":"mdjm","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.7.8.4","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-269","description":"CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
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Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L24"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L36"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/users/class-mdjm-employee-manager.php#L406"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/employee-functions.php#L789"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/mobile-dj-manager.php#L107"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a691f92-9eff-4777-8198-b7cc5d9e73c0?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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