Path Traversal in Eventin

CVE-2026-84898

The Eventin WordPress plugin before 4.1.21 does not properly validate a template path value before using it to include a local file, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to include and execute arbitrary local PHP files.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (35.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 36th percentile — 35.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-84898: held from 0.003 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Eventin

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-84898?
CVE-2026-84898 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eventin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-84898?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.