IDOR in PublishPress Revisions lets contributors read private posts
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The PublishPress Revisions WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not verify that a user duplicating or revising a post can access that specific post. This insecure direct object reference (CWE-639) lets an authenticated user with contributor-level access or higher duplicate another user's private, draft, pending or scheduled post into one they own and read its full content. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not verify that a user requesting to duplicate or revise a post has access to that specific post, only that they can edit posts of that type, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to duplicate another user's private, draft, pending or scheduled post into one they own and read its full content.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes | before 4.3.1 | 4.3.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes VendorUnknown Affected before 4.3.1 Fixed in 4.3.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
The fixed version is 4.3.1, so update the PublishPress Revisions plugin to version 4.3.1 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes (Unknown) Fixed in 4.3.1
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 4.3.1
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-85750 PublishPress Revisions lets Contributors publish unapproved contentPriority LOW 22
- TI-2026-85752 Missing access check exposes unpublished posts in PublishPress RevisionsPriority LOW 19
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118187
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-qj79-q7rc-rvm6
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-118187 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118187 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qj79-q7rc-rvm6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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