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.
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Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-74
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 02 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-94

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 07:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title The Events Calendar 6.12.0 - 6.17.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'view_data' Parameter
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-02T10:54:10.668Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T08:41:15.939Z

Link: CVE-2026-84740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T10:44:40.775Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-02T07:16:38.000

Modified: 2026-10-02T11:17:35.207

Link: CVE-2026-84740

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-02T10:15:16Z

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