SchedulePress before 5.3.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated Contributor-level users to change any post's status and publish date via the wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX action. Attackers can reuse the wpsp-el-editor nonce from the Elementor modal to unpublish or reschedule administrator posts, or publish other users' pending or draft posts.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description SchedulePress before 5.3.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated Contributor-level users to change any post's status and publish date via the wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX action. Attackers can reuse the wpsp-el-editor nonce from the Elementor modal to unpublish or reschedule administrator posts, or publish other users' pending or draft posts.
Title SchedulePress before 5.3.5 Missing Authorization via wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX Action
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T13:38:20.150Z

Reserved: 2026-10-20T21:48:58.503Z

Link: CVE-2026-114120

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T13:18:27.717

Modified: 2026-10-21T14:17:13.580

Link: CVE-2026-114120

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T18:00:19Z

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