CVE-2026-2694 Missing authorization in The Events Calendar
Authenticated contributors can improperly update or trash events, organizers, and venues via the REST API due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-2694?
CVE-2026-2694 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp The Events Calendar, published on 25 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and loss of data due to an improper capability check on the 'can_edit' and 'can_delete' function in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.16. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to update or trash events, organizers and venues via REST API.
Weakness: CWE-285
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2694?
How do I fix CVE-2026-2694?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2694 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-2694 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2694 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jmvf-vwrm-vhw5.