Attack Vectors
CVE-2026-24942 is a Medium-severity Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) issue affecting Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce (slug: mage-eventpress), specifically WpEvently versions 5.1.1 and earlier.
The primary attack vector involves an unauthenticated attacker persuading a logged-in administrator (or another privileged user) to take a specific action—most commonly clicking a link or visiting a crafted page—while they are authenticated to your WordPress admin area. Because the request appears to come from a legitimate, logged-in session, it can trigger actions the attacker should not be able to initiate directly.
Security Weakness
This vulnerability is caused by missing or incorrect nonce validation in a plugin function. In business terms, the plugin does not consistently verify that a sensitive request was intentionally initiated by an authorized admin through the WordPress interface.
CSRF weaknesses are especially relevant for organizations where leadership, marketing teams, or operations staff routinely click links from emails, partner portals, ad platforms, or shared documents while also having WordPress administrative access.
Technical or Business Impacts
While the published CVSS details indicate no direct confidentiality impact (C:N) and low integrity impact (I:L), CSRF can still create meaningful business risk because it can lead to unauthorized changes performed under an administrator’s session. Even “small” changes can have outsized consequences for customer trust and revenue operations.
Potential impacts include unexpected configuration changes in event booking workflows, disruptions to marketing campaigns tied to event registrations, and increased support burden if customers experience booking issues. For regulated organizations, any unauthorized administrative action can also create audit and compliance concerns—especially if it affects transactional records or customer-facing pages.
Remediation: Update Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce (mage-eventpress) to version 5.1.2 or a newer patched release to address the issue.
Similar Attacks
CSRF is a common web application risk pattern that has appeared in many widely used platforms over time. For additional context, here are a few real, well-known examples of CSRF-related issues and discussions:
CISA Alert: Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) overview
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