SchedulePress <= 5.0.4 - Insufficient Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Modifications

4.3
Improper Authorization
CVSS 4.3 (Medium)
Publicly Published November 28, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024

Description

The SchedulePress – Best Editorial Calendar, Missed Schedule & Auto Social Share plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to improper capability checks on several REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to edit other's posts and delete other's posts.

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Vulnerability Details for SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-scheduled-posts (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 5.0.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 5.0.4
Patched Version
  • 5.0.5

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