CVE-2026-84742: Unknown The Events Calendar

Low severity, CVSS 2.7. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the capability required to publish content before creating or updating it through its REST API, allowing users with a role that cannot normally publish, such as contributor, to publish content directly and bypass editorial review.

Affected products

• Unknown The Events Calendar: from 6.15.0, before 6.17.5 (fixed in 6.17.5)

Published 2026-09-23. Last modified 2026-09-23.