CVE-2026-84743 Missing authorization in The Events Calendar
Low-privilege users can modify, trash, or take ownership of other users' event records due to missing capability checks in REST routes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-84743?
CVE-2026-84743 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown The Events Calendar, published on 23 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not perform a per-object capability check on one family of its REST write routes, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to modify, unpublish, trash and take ownership of records belonging to other users, including administrators.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-84743?
How do I fix CVE-2026-84743?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-84743 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-2026-84743 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-84743 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gjgg-4qh2-m6v7.