What is CVE-2026-86795?

CVE-2026-86795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Community Events, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-11-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-86795?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Community Events

CVE-2026-86795

The Community Events WordPress plugin before 1.6.0 does not have authorisation or nonce checks in one of its AJAX actions, allowing unauthenticated users to retrieve details of event submissions awaiting moderation, which are not available anywhere on the public site.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2026-11-05 · last modified 2026-11-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Community Events

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/ab9ca7bc-e5a0-4a7b-b60b-4c3740c07214/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-86795?: CVE-2026-86795 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Community Events, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-86795?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.