Description
The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not have authorisation or nonce checks when processing public event submissions, and does not escape several of the submitted values before outputting them in the administration dashboard and on the public calendar, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of an administrator reviewing the submission.
Published: 2026-10-29
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 29 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 29 Oct 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not have authorisation or nonce checks when processing public event submissions, and does not escape several of the submitted values before outputting them in the administration dashboard and on the public calendar, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of an administrator reviewing the submission.
Title Community Events 1.4.9 - 1.5.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Event Submission Form
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-29T10:56:05.527Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T12:06:19.649Z

Link: CVE-2026-86794

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T10:47:32.535Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-29T06:17:24.350

Modified: 2026-10-29T15:18:27.920

Link: CVE-2026-86794

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-29T13:15:15Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')