The Events Calendar <= 6.15.16 - Improper Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Event/Organizer/Venue Update/Trash via REST API

5.4
Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-2694
CVSS 5.4 (Medium)
Publicly Published February 25, 2026
Last Updated February 25, 2026
Researcher type5afe

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.

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Vulnerability Details for The Events Calendar

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug the-events-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 6.15.16.1, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 6.15.16
Patched Version
  • 6.15.16.1

Recent vulnerabilities in The Events Calendar

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 The Events Calendar 6.15.12-6.16.2 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2026-49772 7.5 vtim June 8, 2026
2 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via ajax_create_import CVE-2026-3585 7.5 Dmitrii Ignatyev March 9, 2026
3 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.13 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Data Migration Control CVE-2025-15043 5.4 type5afe January 20, 2026
4 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.12.2 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-69352 4.3 Phat RiO January 9, 2026
5 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.9 - Sysinfo Key Incorrect Comparison to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure CVE-2025-12192 5.3 mikemyers November 4, 2025
6 The Events Calendar 6.15.1.1 - 6.15.9 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via s CVE-2025-12197 7.5 holme November 4, 2025
7 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.9 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Draft Event Title/QR Code Exposure CVE-2025-12175 4.3 Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan (NomanProdhan) October 30, 2025
8 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Password-Protected Information Disclosure CVE-2025-9808 5.3 Miguel Santareno September 15, 2025
9 The Events Calendar <= 6.15.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVE-2025-9807 7.5 mikemyers September 11, 2025
10 The Events Calendar <= 6.13.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2025-5144 6.4 Asaf Mozes June 10, 2025

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