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GHSA-HQVX-HXRC-X42R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 09:31 – Updated: 2026-08-05 09:31

Details

The Easy Post Submission plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the create_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.0. This is due to the rbsm_submit_post AJAX action being registered for unauthenticated users via wp_ajax_nopriv_rbsm_submit_post without any authorization checks when a postId parameter is supplied. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the title, content, excerpt, categories, and tags of arbitrary posts, as well as change the post status to draft (effectively unpublishing them) via the 'postId' parameter.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-4431 (GCVE-0-2026-4431)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 07:39 – Updated: 2026-08-05 15:58

Title

Easy Post Submission <= 2.3.0 - Missing Authorization

Summary

The Easy Post Submission plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `create_post()` function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.0. This is due to the `rbsm_submit_post` AJAX action being registered for unauthenticated users via `wp_ajax_nopriv_rbsm_submit_post` without any authorization checks when a `postId` parameter is supplied. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the title, content, excerpt, categories, and tags of arbitrary posts, as well as change the post status to draft (effectively unpublishing them) via the 'postId' parameter.

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-05 15:58 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root Scorecard

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-p…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-p…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-p…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
themeruby	Easy Post Submission – Frontend Posting, Guest Publishing & Submit Content for WordPress	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.3.0 (semver)

Credits

Md. Moniruzzaman Prodhan (NomanProdhan)

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