CVE-2026-4431CWE-862broken-access-control

CVE-2026-4431

Critical · published August 5, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
48.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00618 · 48.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-08-05T12:16Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 07:39Z
    Easy Post Submission <= 2.3.0 - Missing Authorization
    cvelistv5