CVE detail
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 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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 19.5 · diversity 6.5 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 6
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 6
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
6 source links · newest first
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a691f92-9eff-4777-8198-b7cc5d9e73c0?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
No excerpt available.
Patchwww.wordfence.comJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/mobile-dj-manager.php#L107plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/employee-functions.php#L789plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/users/class-mdjm-employee-manager.php#L406plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L36plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mobile-dj-manager/tags/1.7.8.4/includes/admin/roles/class-mdjm-permissions.php#L24plugins.trac.wordpress.org
No excerpt available.
Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgJul 23, 2026, 10:16 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
Public PoC repositories are third-party, potentially unsafe artifacts. Treat their code as untrusted and use it only on authorized systems in an isolated, least-privilege environment. cvebuzz does not execute the code or verify that an exploit works.
0 repository references · best confidence N/A · max 0 stars
Related records
Similar CVEs
6 related CVEs with shared weakness or product evidence
- CVE-2026-16743CVSS 5.5 · Medium
A flaw was found in accountsservice. The systemd-homed code path for SetIconFile opens a user-supplied filename as root without the validation and privilege drop performed by the…
- CVE-2026-10610CVSS 8.5 · High
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code as a privileged user.
- CVE-2026-7483CVSS 8.5 · High
Local privilege escalation potentially allowed an attacker to write an arbitrary file with fully controlled content as a privileged user.
- CVE-2026-12736CVSS 8.0 · High
The Wpify Woo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 5.4.16. This is due to the SettingsApi::save_option() REST route (POST /…
- CVE-2026-16764CVSS 2.1 · Low
A vulnerability was identified in OWASP DefectDojo 2.59.0. This issue affects the function UserSerializer of the file dojo/api_v2/serializers.py of the component API/Web. Such man…
- CVE-2026-34496CVSS 7.1 · High
Cwe-269 vulnerability in Johnson Controls victor Web on Windows allows capec-233. This issue affects victor Web: before 7.1.