Missing authorization in Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to permanently delete any reusable social message (nc_reusable_social post), including those authored by administrators or other privileged users.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-94505
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j2j8-hvh9-q6jf
- 2026-10-03 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/828050ce-4775-4256-8dcf-2cdb96d5ec4e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/post-types/reusable-messages/class-nelio-content-reusable-message-rest-controller.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/post-types/reusable-messages/class-nelio-content-reusable-message-rest-controller.php#L169
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/utils/functions/helpers.php#L80
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3724505/nelio-content/tags/4.5.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-94505 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-94505 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j2j8-hvh9-q6jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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