The Events Calendar, CVE-2026-84742

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-84742
Home page URL: Security reports for The Events Calendar
Application: The Events Calendar
Published on: Sep 23, 2026
Research Description: The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the capability required to publish content before creating or updating it through its REST API, allowing users with a role that cannot normally publish, such as contributor, to publish content directly and bypass editorial review.
Affected versions: Min 6.15.0, max 6.17.5.
Status: vulnerable