The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.17.4 on WordPress information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.17.4. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-84741. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in The Events Calendar Plugin up to 6.17.4. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.5 does not check the post status of linked records before embedding their stored details into a public REST API response, allowing unauthenticated users to read the contents of records that have never been published.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-84741 since 09/02/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 6.17.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: The Events Calendar Plugin 6.17.5

Timelineinfo

09/02/2026 CVE reserved
09/23/2026 +21 days Advisory disclosed
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/23/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-84741 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-84741
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-408834

Entryinfo

Created: 09/23/2026 08:30
Changes: 09/23/2026 08:30 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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