The Events Calendar <= 6.15.16 — Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Event/Organizer/Venue Update/Trash via REST API
CVE-2026-2694Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.15.16Update to 6.15.16.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.4
- CVSS
- 5.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:LAvailability- Low
- Weakness
- CWE-285 Improper Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
The Events Calendar the-events-calendar
- Affected≤ 6.15.16
- Patched in6.15.16.1
Update to 6.15.16.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.15.16. Version 6.15.16.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under The Events Calendar.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 6.15.16.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch The Events Calendar to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to type5afe.
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to an improper capability check on the 'can_edit' and 'can_delete' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update or trash events, organizers and venues via REST API.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in The Events Calendar
All 47| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.18.3Update to 6.18.3.1 | CVE-2026-123464 | |
| Medium6.5 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution ≤6.18.3Update to 6.18.3.1 | CVE-2026-123469 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3 | CVE-2026-119367 | |
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3 | CVE-2026-119369 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3 | CVE-2026-119368 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.18.3Update to 6.18.3.1
- Medium6.5Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution
≤6.18.3Update to 6.18.3.1
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤6.18.2Update to 6.18.3
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.4
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.