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This includes the ability to create published posts when the attacker already holds publish_posts capability for the preset's post type, resulting in administrator-attributed published content created by a lower-privileged user.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00222,"percentile":0.12886,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-10-30T05:35:52Z","modified":"2026-10-30T19:18:19Z","products":[{"vendor":"keywordrush","product":"content egg – affiliate product importer \u0026 price comparison"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e179f0fc-6943-4e3b-9346-4604bd9c85bc?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/12.0.0/application/admin/import/ImportQueueApi.php#L146"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/12.0.0/application/admin/import/ImportQueueApi.php#L65"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/12.0.0/application/admin/import/ProductImportService.php#L991"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/content-egg/tags/12.0.0/application/admin/import/ProductImportService.php#L1003"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3773366/content-egg/trunk/application/admin/import/ImportQueueApi.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119087"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgh8-9xrh-qc6w"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-119087","title":"Content Egg \u003c= 12.0.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Author+) Administrator-Authored Post Creation via 'preset_id' Parameter","description":"The Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer \u0026 Price Comparison plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 12.0.0 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. 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