CVE-2026-14280
Events Manager <= 7.3.7.4 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Local File Inclusion via 'dbem_data[updates]' Array Keys
- 6.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 31% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more! plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Local File Inclusion in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.7.4 via the em_options_save function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to include and execute arbitrary .php files on the server, allowing the execution of any PHP code in those files. This can be used to bypass access controls, obtain sensitive data, or achieve code execution in cases where .php file types can be uploaded and included. The stored traversal key is subsequently executed via an include_once() call that fires on every admin_init invocation — including unauthenticated admin-ajax.php requests — meaning once the malicious key is stored by an administrator, the inclusion is triggered without any further authentication or capability check.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 56 days later
· 56 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Affected products
netweblogic · Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!
- affected ≤ 7.3.7.4
References
References10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/aead557d-aec9-4218-9e5f-01b58432486f?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.6/admin/em-options.php#L405 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.7.4/admin/em-options.php#L405 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.7.4/admin/em-options.php#L47 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.7.4/admin/em-options.php#L56 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.7.4/admin/em-options.php#L400 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.6/admin/em-options.php#L47 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.6/admin/em-options.php#L56 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/events-manager/tags/7.3.6/admin/em-options.php#L400 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/events-manager/tags/7.3.7.4&new_path=/events-manager/tags/7.4 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-65278 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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