CVE-2026-84740

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Oct 2, 2026

Description

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5.1 does not validate or sanitise data submitted to an unauthenticated AJAX action before merging it into its rendering context, allowing unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 2, 2026
Last modified
Oct 2, 2026
NVD status
Deferred

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CVE-2026-84740: Medium severity, CVSS 6.5 | Vulnix