CVE-2026-84742 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

The Events Calendar

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`6.15.0`	affected	< 6.17.5

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Project Subscriptions

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9228a51-1293-4a96-95da-0e57b7eb5f6b/

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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.
Title		The Events Calendar 6.15.0 - 6.17.4.1 - Contributor+ Content Publication via TEC V1 REST API
Weaknesses		CWE-863
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9228a51-1293-4a96-95da-0e57b7eb5f6b/
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-23T06:00:17.667Z

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:56:36.685Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T08:41:19.320Z

Link: CVE-2026-84742

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:36:12.124Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T06:17:03.497

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:17:13.520

Link: CVE-2026-84742

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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