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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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 17:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T16:52:12.165Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-3585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T15:58:04.006Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-10T17:40:37.773

Modified: 2026-03-11T13:53:47.157

Link: CVE-2026-3585

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:06:03Z

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