# CVE-2026-14843: Events Made Easy < 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Person Data Modification via IDOR

> Unauthenticated attackers can modify personal data of any person record in the Events Made Easy WordPress plugin due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 31 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fw4x-rfrx-9g6f

## What is CVE-2026-14843?

CVE-2026-14843 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 31 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Events Made Easy WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not verify that the requester is authorized to modify the targeted record when handling an unauthenticated data-change request, relying only on a public nonce with no per-record token or ownership check, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the personal data of any person record.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14843?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14843?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14843 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14843 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14843 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14843 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14843 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 31 Jul 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-14843 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Events Made Easy. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14843/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14843/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14843
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14843
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14843

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14843/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.