CVE-2026-84742EPSS p12.5%

CVE-2026-84742CVE-2026-84742

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 2.7 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS0.23% probability of exploitation · percentile 12.5% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-23
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.