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

Improper Authorization
CVE CVE-2026-2694
CVSS Medium (5.4)
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.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug the-events-calendar (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 6.15.16
Patched Version
  • 6.15.16.1
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