PublishPress Revisions 3.6.0 — 4.2.0 - Missing Authorization
CVE-2026-118186Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 3.6.0 – 4.2.0Update to 4.3.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- 0.3% chance in 30 days18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes revisionary
- Affected3.6.0 – 4.2.0
- Patched in4.3.1
Update to 4.3.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run 3.6.0 – 4.2.0. Version 4.3.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.3.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to trangdld.
The PublishPress Revisions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access in versions 3.6.0 through 4.2.0. This is due to a missing capability check on a function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.2.0Update to 4.3.1 | CVE-2026-120851 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference ≤4.3.0Update to 4.3.1 | CVE-2026-118187 | |
| Medium4.3 | 4.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure 3.9.0 – 4.2.0Update to 4.3.1 | CVE-2026-118188 | |
| High7.5 | Unauthenticated SQL Injection ≤3.7.23Update to 3.7.24 | CVE-2026-32539 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤3.7.22Update to 3.7.23 | CVE-2026-25322 |
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤4.2.0Update to 4.3.1
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
≤4.3.0Update to 4.3.1
- Medium4.34.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Information Exposure
3.9.0 – 4.2.0Update to 4.3.1
- High7.5Unauthenticated SQL Injection
≤3.7.23Update to 3.7.24
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤3.7.22Update to 3.7.23
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- EPSS
- Exploit Prediction Scoring System by FIRST.org.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.