The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.17 via the 'ajax_create_import' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-events-calendar/tags/6.15.17/src/Tribe/Aggregator/Tabs/New.php#L466 cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92e404ab-fe2b-45b3-b8ff-672f7888b747?source=cve cve-icon
History

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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Description The The Events Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.15.17 via the 'ajax_create_import' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.
Title The Events Calendar <= 6.15.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via ajax_create_import
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-03-10T03:33:51.369Z

Updated: 2026-03-10T03:33:51.369Z

Reserved: 2026-03-05T06:16:21.181Z

Link: CVE-2026-3585

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