The Events Calendar <= 6.2.8.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.8.2 via the route function hooked into wp_ajax_nopriv_tribe_dropdown. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract potentially sensitive data including post titles and IDs of pending, private and draft posts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-6557
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p884-m725-55w6
References
More stellarwp The Events Calendar vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-07671 The Events Calendar <= 6.6.4 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03888 The Events Calendar < 6.4.0.1 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2024-04952 The Events Calendar < 6.8.2.1 - Unauthenticated Password Protected Event Disclosure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2024-07874 The Events Calendar < 6.6.4 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-06430 The Events Calendar <= 6.6.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-05697 The Events Calendar < 6.2.8.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Protected Post Read CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2023-6557 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-6557 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p884-m725-55w6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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