Improper privilege management in MDJM Event Management
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.
Summary
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 it possible for unauthenticated attackers to grant arbitrary MDJM capabilities — including `mdjm_employee` and `mdjm_employee_edit` — to any registered WordPress role, and subsequently leverage a subscriber-level account to escalate privileges to Administrator. `MDJM_Permissions::init()` is registered on the public WordPress `init` hook without any authentication gate, meaning the role-manipulation endpoint is reachable without any prior login.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15017
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwx3-3qmm-8rch
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a691f92-9eff-4777-8198-b7cc5d9e73c0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/employee-functions.php#L789
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/users/class-mdjm-employee-manager.php#L406
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L24
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L36
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/mobile-dj-manager.php#L107
More MDJM vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-22344 WordPress MDJM Event Management plugin <= 1.7.5.2 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-32874 WordPress Mobile DJ Manager plugin <= 1.7.8.3 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06626 Unrestricted file upload in MDJM Event Management CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2025-16596 WordPress MDJM Event Management Plugin <= 1.7.5.6 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-01335 MDJM Event Management <= 1.7.8.1 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Custom Event Field Deletion CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-15017 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15017 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wwx3-3qmm-8rch · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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