CVE-2026-78159

The Events Calendar <= 6.17.3 - Unauthenticated Code Injection to Remote Code Execution via Widget 'classes' Map Callable Invocation

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 12, 2026 at 07:39 AM UTC
Updated: September 14, 2026 at 05:17 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, 6.17.3 via the parse_array function. This is due to insufficient validation of the widget 'classes' map, allowing a plain-array payload to bypass the is_safe_widget_instance() object check and reach the callable-invocation sink in Element_Classes::parse_array(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. Exploitation requires that the targeted site has comments enabled on tribe_events posts and that at least one comment containing a crafted wp:legacy-widget block has been submitted, as the attack chain is triggered when do_blocks() processes the single-event HTML including the comment area.

Affected

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

v ≤ 6.17.3

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
Vector?

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StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-94

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