CVE-2026-84741 (GCVE-0-2026-84741)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-23 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-23 06:00
VLAI
Title
The Events Calendar 4.5 - 6.17.4.1 - Unauthenticated Non-Public Venue and Organizer Disclosure via REST API
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 that have never been published.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0f34a90e-3d8b-4a… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown The Events Calendar Affected: 4.5 , < 6.17.5 (semver)
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Credits
Kaveesha Nirmal WPScan
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