Events Manager <= 7.3.7.4 — Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'dbem_data[updates]' Array Keys
CVE-2026-14280Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤7.3.7.4Update to 7.4 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.6
- CVSS
- 6.6CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:HPrivileges required- High
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-98 Local File Inclusion
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! events-manager
- Affected≤ 7.3.7.4
- Patched in7.4
Update to 7.4 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 7.3.7.4. Version 7.4 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more!.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 7.4, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Wordfence PRISM.
The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.7.4 via the em_options_save function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. The stored traversal key is subsequently executed via an include_once() call that fires on every admin_init invocation — including unauthenticated admin-ajax.php requests — meaning once the malicious key is stored by an administrator, the inclusion is triggered without any further authentication or capability check.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.6
Record last updated
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