{"id":"CVE-2026-84742","title":"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 contributo…","summary":"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 contributo…","severity":"low","cvss":2.7,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","cwe":["CWE-863"],"product":"The Events Calendar","affected":["the_events_calendar >= 6.15.0 < 6.17.5"],"published":"2026-09-23","updated":"2026-09-23","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-23T18:13:31.210","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-84742","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f9228a51-1293-4a96-95da-0e57b7eb5f6b/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00191,"epssPercentile":0.09076,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-23T10:42:20.442604Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-23T06:17:57.891Z","slug":"CVE-2026-84742","body":"## Overview\n\nThe 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":15,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":14.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":209594,"id":"CVE-2026-84742","ts":1790162587259,"field":"cvss","old":null,"new":"2.7"},{"seq":209593,"id":"CVE-2026-84742","ts":1790162587259,"field":"severity","old":"none","new":"low"}]}