CVE-2026-78006

The Events Calendar <= 6.17.4 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 12, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 08:16 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorThe Events Calendar

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 6.17.4 via the is_safe_widget_instance function. This is due to insufficient protection in is_safe_widget_instance, which can be bypassed because PHP fires magic methods during its pre-parse, combined with enable_rendering_widget_copied() forging a valid wp_hash integrity attribute before unserialize() is reached. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. This is exploitable without authentication or approval because the plugin's V2 single-event template runs do_blocks() over buffered comment HTML, and WordPress returns a moderation-hash URL that allows an unauthenticated commenter to immediately view their own pending comment, delivering the injected block markup to the vulnerable code path before any moderation occurs. This does require comments to be enabled and visible on events.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 6.17.4

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

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CVSS

9.8CRITICALWordfence
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Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-502

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