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 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-21T13:38:20.150Z
Reserved: 2026-10-20T21:48:58.503Z
Link: CVE-2026-114120
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-21T13:18:27.717
Modified: 2026-10-21T14:17:13.580
Link: CVE-2026-114120
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Updated: 2026-10-21T18:00:19Z
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