Summary
CVE-2026-13171 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in the Eventin WordPress plugin. The plugin’s waiting-list registration handler performs no authorization check, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create WordPress user accounts tied to arbitrary email addresses and inject order records into the site. The issue carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.2 (High).
Technical details
- Root cause: The waiting-list registration handler in Eventin does not verify that the requester is authorized before processing the request.
- Trigger conditions: An attacker sends a request to the waiting-list registration endpoint on a site running a vulnerable Eventin version; no authentication or prior access is required.
- Attack vector: Network — the endpoint is reachable remotely without user interaction or privileges.
- Impact: Unauthenticated creation of WordPress user accounts for arbitrary email addresses and injection of fraudulent order records, affecting data integrity on the affected site.
Affected software
- Eventin WordPress plugin: all versions prior to 4.1.20
Severity
- CVSS v3.1 Base Score: 8.2 (High)
- Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
Mitigation and recommended actions
- Immediate: Upgrade Eventin to version 4.1.20 or later, where the missing authorization check on the waiting-list registration handler is addressed.
- If immediate patching isn’t possible: Restrict or disable public access to the plugin’s waiting-list registration functionality, and monitor for unexpected new WordPress user account creations or anomalous order records as an interim compensating control.
How IONIX identifies potentially affected assets
IONIX matches the following signals against data already collected when it crawled the asset; identifying the technology sends no request beyond that crawl.
- Raw response body:
/wp-content/plugins/wp-event-solution/

