Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.10.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
PublishPress PublishPress Authors unaffected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected ≤ <= 4.10.1

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https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/publishpress-authors/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-authors-plugin-4-10-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Publishpress
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Description Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.10.1.
Title WordPress PublishPress Authors plugin <= 4.10.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-862
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-20T16:03:58.468Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T12:52:29.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-25330

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T16:02:35.956Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-19T09:16:17.597

Modified: 2026-02-20T17:25:52.753

Link: CVE-2026-25330

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Updated: 2026-02-20T10:08:56Z

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