CVE-2026-3585 PUBLISHED

The Events Calendar <= 6.15.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Read via ajax_create_import

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 05.03.2026 Published: 10.03.2026 Updated: 10.03.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 7.5

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	stellarwp
Product	The Events Calendar
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from * to 6.15.17 (incl.)

Credits

Dmitrii Ignatyev finder

References

Problem Types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE