{"@context":"https://openvex.dev/ns/v0.2.0","@id":"https://database.harborguard.co/cve/CVE-2026-11616/vex.json","author":"HarborGuard Database","role":"Document Creator","timestamp":"2026-06-09T13:32:19.796Z","version":1,"tooling":"HarborGuard Database (https://database.harborguard.co)","statements":[{"vulnerability":{"name":"CVE-2026-11616","@id":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-11616","description":"The Events Calendar for GeoDirectory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to and including 2.3.28. This is due to the ajax_ayi_action() handler  only applying strip_tags(esc_sql()) — with no allow-list — to the attacker-controlled $_POST['type'] and $_POST['postid'] values before forwarding them to update_ayi_data(), which calls update_user_meta($current_user->ID, $rsvp_args['type'], $posts). By passing type=wp_capabilities and postid=administrator, an attack"},"products":[{"@id":"cpe:2.3:a:stiofansisland:events_calendar_for_geodirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","identifiers":{"cpe23":"cpe:2.3:a:stiofansisland:events_calendar_for_geodirectory:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"}}],"status":"affected","action_statement":"No fixed version is published yet; monitor the upstream advisory.","timestamp":"2026-06-09T13:32:19.796Z"}]}