Unauthorized action via missing capability check
Published Aug 18, 2026 · Updated Aug 18, 2026
Missing authorization in Nexcess GiveWP before 4.16.6 allows remote attackers to perform an unauthorized action via unspecified vectors. Public sources describe only a missing capability check on an unspecified function, and the 4.16.6 release notes bundle several access-control hardenings without tying this CVE to a named endpoint, file, or handler. Exposure is remote and unauthenticated; public scoring disagrees on whether confidentiality is affected, so the bounded consequence supported by the accessible record is unauthorized access to a privileged plugin operation.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Nexcess GiveWP before 4.16.6 allows remote attackers to perform an unauthorized action via unspecified vectors. Public sources describe only a missing capability check on an unspecified function, and the 4.16.6 release notes bundle several access-control hardenings without tying this CVE to a named endpoint, file, or handler. Exposure is remote and unauthenticated; public scoring disagrees on whether confidentiality is affected, so the bounded consequence supported by the accessible record is unauthorized access to a privileged plugin operation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-73352
- Published
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
- Vendor
- The Events Calendar
- Product
- GiveWP
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 18, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 18, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=n/a <=4.16.5.1 changes=[{"at":"4.16.6","status":"unaffected"}]
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