Wordfence Argus Identifies Two Critical Unauthenticated Vulnerability Chains Leading to Remote Code Execution in The Events Calendar Plugin

On August 21 and August 22, 2026, Wordfence Argus, created by the Wordfence Threat Intelligence team, identified two independent critical vulnerability chains in The Events Calendar, a WordPress plugin active on more than 600,000 websites. Both chains begin in the plugin's widget-rendering pipeline and can ultimately lead to Remote Code Execution...