MDJM Event Management <= 1.7.6 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
CVE CVE-2025-52824
CVSS High (8.8)
Publicly Published June 23, 2025
Last Updated January 30, 2026
Researcher 0xd4rk5id3
Description

The MDJM Event Management plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password through the mdjm_validate_client_profile AJAX action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug mobile-dj-manager (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? No
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.6
Patched Version
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