stellarwp Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.17 on WordPress ajax_create_import path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in stellarwp Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.17 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function ajax_create_import. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-3585. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in stellarwp Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.15.17 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function ajax_create_import. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.17 via the 'ajax_create_import' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

The weakness was presented by Dmitrii Ignatyev. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-3585 since 03/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/13/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• Calendar Software

Vendor

• stellarwp

Name

• Events Calendar Plugin

Version

• 6.15.0
• 6.15.1
• 6.15.2
• 6.15.3
• 6.15.4
• 6.15.5
• 6.15.6
• 6.15.7
• 6.15.8
• 6.15.9
• 6.15.10
• 6.15.11
• 6.15.12
• 6.15.13
• 6.15.14
• 6.15.15
• 6.15.16
• 6.15.17

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