CVE-2026-84740

Published: Oct 2, 2026Modified: Oct 2, 2026Deferred

6.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.5

Source: contact@wpscan.com (Secondary)

Description

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5.1 does not validate or sanitise data submitted to an unauthenticated AJAX action before merging it into its rendering context, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.

Related CWEs

CWE-74

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3381a51e-beaa-4420-a33b-6a68612a2e8a/

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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