---
id: CVE-2026-84741
title: >-
  The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the post
  status of linked records before embedding their stored details into a public
  REST API response, allowing unauthenticated users to read the contents of
  records tha…
summary: >-
  The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the post
  status of linked records before embedding their stored details into a public
  REST API response, allowing unauthenticated users to read the contents of
  records tha…
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-200
product: The Events Calendar
affected:
  - the_events_calendar >= 4.5 < 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-2026-84741'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f34a90e-3d8b-4a87-a2ed-fe4d2c481732/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00251
epssPercentile: 0.14612
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T10:42:40.662380Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T06:17:57.891Z'
---

## Overview

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the post status of linked records before embedding their stored details into a public REST API response, allowing unauthenticated users to read the contents of records that have never been published.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.