What is CVE-2026-1649?

CVE-2026-1649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jackdewey Community Events, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-1649?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

XSS in Jackdewey Community Events

CVE-2026-1649

The Community Events plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ce_venue_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.002 (15.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Jackdewey Community Events — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-1649?: CVE-2026-1649 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Jackdewey Community Events, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-1649?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.