Medium severity · published Sep 30, 2026
CVE-2026-97285
WordPress The Events Calendar plugin <= 6.17.5 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
5.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Contributor Broken Access Control in The Events Calendar <= 6.17.5 versions.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 10% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TE
The Events Calendar · Nexcess
through 6.17.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97285
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97285
vdb-entry
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/the-events-calendar/vulnerability/wordpress-the-events-calendar-plugin-6-17-5-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
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