CVE-2026-118186
PublishPress Revisions 3.6.0 - 4.2.0 - Contributor+ Unapproved Content Publishing via Revision Workflow
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
PublishPress Revisions 3.6.0 - 4.2.0 - Contributor+ Unapproved Content Publishing via Revision Workflow
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.
- Record
CVE-2026-118186- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
EUVDEUVD-2026-117913
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.
- Record
EUVD-2026-117913- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-06
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-87h6-gmv4-qqpq
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes...
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.
- Record
GHSA-87h6-gmv4-qqpq- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
NVD
The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.
- Record
CVE-2026-118186- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-06
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| cwes, severity | CVE List, NVD | |
| published | EUVD | |
| published | EUVD | |
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| aliases, references | GitHub Advisories | |
| first indexed | CVE List |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-118186 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Kevinb Publishpress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve And Schedule Content Changes, published November 6, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.26%, the 18th percentile. No source names a fixed version.