CVE-2026-86794

Community Events 1.4.9 - 1.5.9 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Event Submission Form

Published Oct 29, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions community Events
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions community Events
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Metrics ssvc

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

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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'}

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Weaknesses CWE-79
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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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 29, 2026, 10:56 AM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2026, 12:06 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 29, 2026, 6:17 AM
Modified
Oct 29, 2026, 3:18 PM