The Events Calendar 4.5 - 6.17.4.1 - Unauthenticated Non-Public Venue and Organizer Disclosure via REST API
Priority LOW 30CWE-200Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.
Summary
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the post status of linked records before embedding their stored details into a public REST API response, allowing unauthenticated users to read the contents of records that have never been published.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00345 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed The Events Calendar (Unknown): 6.17.5
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | The Events Calendar | 4.5 to before 6.17.5 | 6.17.5 | Patch available | CNA |
- The Events Calendar VendorUnknown Affected 4.5 to before 6.17.5 Fixed in 6.17.5 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA The Events Calendar (Unknown) Fixed in 6.17.5
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
The Events Calendar 6.17.5
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-58249 Incorrect authorization in The Events CalendarPriority LOW 18
- TI-2026-58248 The Events Calendar 6.15.0 - 6.17.4.1 - Contributor+ Content Publication via TEC V1 REST APIPriority LOW 13
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-84741
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xjv5-f9gc-p6v3
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-84741 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-84741 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xjv5-f9gc-p6v3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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