Race condition in WordPress Events Manager plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Pixelite's Events Manager plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions through 7.4.7. Improper synchronization of a shared resource lets concurrent operations interfere with each other (CWE-362). A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this under high complexity conditions without user interaction, with a low impact on integrity.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') vulnerability in Pixelite Events Manager events-manager allows Leveraging Race Conditions.This issue affects Events Manager: from n/a through 7.4.7.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Events Manager.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-42689
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-w42x-pvj7-cqhg
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
More Pixelite vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-06338 Events Manager <= 7.0.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via `orderby` Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2022-03568 WP FullCalendar < 1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Access CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2015-07675 The events-manager plugin before 5.6 for WordPress has code injection. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-10431 SQL injection in netweblogic Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-20239 WordPress Events Manager plugin <= 6.4.6.4 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-17827 Events Manager < 5.9.8 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-42689 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-42689 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w42x-pvj7-cqhg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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