Missing access check exposes unpublished posts in PublishPress Revisions
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- 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-200.
Summary
The PublishPress Revisions WordPress plugin from 3.9.0 before 4.3.1 does not verify that a user may read a post before returning its content through its revision-comparison feature. Any authenticated user, including a Subscriber, can read the title, content and excerpt of other users' private, draft, pending, scheduled or trashed posts. An attacker needs only a low-privilege account on the site, and 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 is permitted to read a given post before returning its content through its revision-comparison feature, allowing any authenticated user, including a Subscriber, to read the title, content and excerpt of any other user's private, draft, pending, scheduled or trashed post.
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 | 3.9.0 to before 4.3.1 | 4.3.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes VendorUnknown Affected 3.9.0 to before 4.3.1 Fixed in 4.3.1 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update PublishPress Revisions to version 4.3.1 or later, which fixes the flaw.
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-2026-85751 IDOR in PublishPress Revisions lets contributors read private postsPriority LOW 13
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118188
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-39h7-ggpg-qmm7
- 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-2026-118188 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118188 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-39h7-ggpg-qmm7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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