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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD6.5 Medium

CVE-2026-84740

The Events Calendar 6.12.0 - 6.17.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'view_data' Parameter

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
WPScan

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Unknown The Events Calendar

Default version status: unaffected

  • 6.12.0 to < 6.17.5.1affected

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