CVE-2026-84743 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0018.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c20337d-f485-491c-a380-38a3039af17d/

History

Wed, 23 Sep 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		The Events Calendar 6.15.16.1 - 6.17.4.1 - Contributor+ Event/Venue/Organizer Update, Trash and Ownership Takeover via by-slug REST Routes
Weaknesses		CWE-863
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6c20337d-f485-491c-a380-38a3039af17d/
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 3.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-09-23T06:00:17.852Z

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:56:22.720Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T08:41:21.163Z

Link: CVE-2026-84743

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-23T10:36:01.141Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-23T06:17:03.603

Modified: 2026-09-23T11:17:13.670

Link: CVE-2026-84743

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-863

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