---
id: CVE-2026-84743
title: >-
  The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not perform a
  per-object capability check on one family of its REST write routes, allowing
  users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to modify, unpublish,
  trash and take o…
summary: >-
  The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not perform a
  per-object capability check on one family of its REST write routes, allowing
  users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to modify, unpublish,
  trash and take o…
severity: low
cvss: 3.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'
cwe:
  - CWE-863
product: The Events Calendar
affected:
  - the_events_calendar >= 6.15.16.1 < 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-2026-84743'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c20337d-f485-491c-a380-38a3039af17d/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00231
epssPercentile: 0.12621
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-23T10:42:10.909564Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-23T06:17:57.892Z'
---

## Overview

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not perform a per-object capability check on one family of its REST write routes, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to modify, unpublish, trash and take ownership of records belonging to other users, including administrators.

## Remediation

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