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1 vulnerability found for Easy Post Submission – Frontend Posting, Guest Publishing & Submit Content for WordPress by themeruby
CVE-2026-4431 (GCVE-0-2026-4431)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 07:39 – Updated: 2026-08-05 15:58
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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)
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
CNA
References
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)
|
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