CVE-2026-13390: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in The Events Calendar
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.16.5.1 does not perform an authorization check on one of its Event Aggregator import REST API routes and skips an integrity check for a particular status value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark existing import records as failed and to store arbitrary content in a hidden comment record.
CVE-2026-13390: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in The Events Calendar
Description
The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.16.5.1 does not perform an authorization check on one of its Event Aggregator import REST API routes and skips an integrity check for a particular status value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to mark existing import records as failed and to store arbitrary content in a hidden comment record.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Weaknesses
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-06-26T07:17:55.469Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a66f9409c2644c7f888b44a
Added to database: 07/27/2026, 06:22:56 UTC
Last updated: 07/28/2026, 04:15:47 UTC
Views: 7
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