CVE-2026-104798CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-104798

Critical · published October 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
59.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.7. The public `mcs` GET parameter is reflected into post content unsanitized before WordPress core's `do_shortcode` filter runs, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to inject a nested `[my_calendar above=...]` shortcode; `mc_generate_calendar_nav()` then splits the `above` attribute on commas and dispatches each element via `call_user_func()` with no authentication, authorization, or callable allowlist check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to invoke arbitrary loaded PHP functions, enabling a call chain in which the shortcode `$params` array is passed to `edit_user()` — which PHP coerces to integer `1` as the `$user_id` argument — overwriting the credentials of the initial Administrator account (user ID 1) and granting the attacker full wp-admin access. Exploitation is trivially reachable via the plugin's auto-generated `/my-calendar/` page, which is publicly accessible by default upon plugin activation.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00891 · 59.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-16T09:17Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 OCT 03:27Z
    EPSS moved — → 1%
    epss
  • 16 OCT 04:27Z
    My Calendar <= 3.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'mcs' Parameter via Reflected Shortcode Injection into 'above' Attribute
    cvelistv5
  • 16 OCT 04:27Z
    My Calendar <= 3.8.7 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to 'mcs' Parameter via Reflected Shortcode Injection into 'above' Attribute
    cvelistv5