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The Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress < 6.17.3.1 Unauthenticated Code Injection

critical Web App Scanning Plugin ID 115476

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Synopsis

The Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress < 6.17.3.1 Unauthenticated Code Injection

Description

The WordPress The Events Calendar Plugin installed on the remote host is affected by a Remote Code Execution via the parse_array function.

Note that the scanner has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to The Events Calendar Plugin for WordPress version 6.17.3.1 or later.

See Also

https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-events-calendar/

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 115476

Type: Version Based

Published: 9/23/2026

Updated: 9/23/2026

Scan Template: basic, full, pci, scan

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.28

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-78159

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:2.3:a:stellarwp:the_events_calendar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-78159