{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11616 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-11616 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-11616 is a high-severity vulnerability in stiofansisland Events Calendar for GeoDirectory, published on 9 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-11616 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-11616 is a high-severity vulnerability in stiofansisland Events Calendar for GeoDirectory, published on 9 Jun 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-11616 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: stiofansisland Events Calendar for GeoDirectory. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11616/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11616/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-11616","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11616/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-11616","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-j857-hxgm-cvxf"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to Administrator by manipulating user meta data via an insecure AJAX handler in the Events Calendar for GeoDirectory plugin.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-269","name":"Improper Privilege Management"}],"description":"The Events Calendar for GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 2.3.28. This is due to the ajax_ayi_action() handler  only applying strip_tags(esc_sql()) — with no allow-list — to the attacker-controlled $_POST['type'] and $_POST['postid'] values before forwarding them to update_ayi_data(), which calls update_user_meta($current_user-\u003eID, $rsvp_args['type'], $posts). By passing type=wp_capabilities and postid=administrator, an attacker writes ['subscriber'=\u003etrue,'administrator'=\u003e'administrator'] into their own wp_capabilities user meta; WP_User::get_role_caps() then treats the 'administrator' array key as an active role on the next request. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to elevate their privileges to Administrator.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Events Calendar for GeoDirectory \u003c= 2.3.28 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2026-11616","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Tanium addressed a compression bomb vulnerability in Findings.","id":"CVE-2026-11617"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.","id":"CVE-2026-11615"},"products":["Events Calendar for GeoDirectory"],"published":"2026-06-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-06-09","vendors":["stiofansisland"]},"summary":"Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to Administrator by manipulating user meta data via an insecure AJAX handler in the Events Calendar for GeoDirectory plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-11616/"}