{"id":"CVE-2026-111625","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-111625"],"related":[],"title":"Distributor WordPress plugin: contributors can publish posts on other network sites","description":"10up Distributor before 2.3.2 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in ajax_push() that allows Contributor-level multisite users to publish posts on other network sites. Attackers can use the dt-push nonce with a chosen connection id and postStatus to create draft or published posts on sites they cannot access.","summary":"Distributor, a WordPress plugin for pushing posts between sites, has a missing authorization check in its ajax_push() handler before version 2.3.2. A Contributor-level user on a WordPress multisite network can create draft or published posts on other network sites they cannot access.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["distributor","multisite","package","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["distributor-2.3.2-or-later","no-contributor-users","single-site"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed Distributor version in the WordPress admin plugin list or with `wp plugin get distributor --field=version`, and confirm whether the site runs as a multisite network.","fix":"- Update Distributor to `2.3.2` or later.\n- Until updated, restrict the Contributor role on multisite or deactivate Distributor.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:42+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:27:12+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:27:12+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:27:12Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update Distributor to `2.3.2` or later.\n- Until updated, restrict the Contributor role on multisite or deactivate Distributor.","reach":"network","title":"Distributor WordPress plugin: contributors can publish posts on other network sites","impact":"medium","summary":"Distributor, a WordPress plugin for pushing posts between sites, has a missing authorization check in its ajax_push() handler before version 2.3.2. A Contributor-level user on a WordPress multisite network can create draft or published posts on other network sites they cannot access.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","multisite","distributor"],"confidence":0.7,"needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Contributor user publishes posts on other network sites.","analyst_note":"","how_to_check":"- Check the installed Distributor version in the WordPress admin plugin list or with `wp plugin get distributor --field=version`, and confirm whether the site runs as a multisite network.","needs_analyst":false,"not_affected_if":["single-site","distributor-2.3.2-or-later","no-contributor-users"],"who_is_affected":"Only WordPress multisite networks that run the Distributor plugin before 2.3.2 and have Contributor-level users are exposed. Single-site installs and networks without Distributor can skip this.","user_interaction":"no","needs_special_setup":"yes","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000579,"input_tokens":3321,"output_tokens":493,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-111625':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '10up':67C '2.3.2':43B,70C 'access':66B,118C 'ajax':38B,77C 'allow':80C 'attack':93C 'author':34B,74C 'cannot':65B,117C 'check':35B 'chosen':103C 'connect':104C 'contain':71C 'contributor':4A,46B,82C 'contributor-level':45B,81C 'creat':55B,109C 'cve':12A,15A 'distributor':1A,18B,22B,68C 'draft':56B,110C 'dt':98C 'dt-push':97C 'handler':40B 'id':105C 'level':47B,83C 'miss':33B,73C 'multisit':19B,52B,84C 'network':10A,53B,62B,91C 'nonc':100C 'packag':20B 'plugin':3A,25B 'post':7A,28B,59B,88C,113C 'poststatus':107C 'publish':6A,58B,87C,112C 'push':27B,39B,78C,99C 'site':11A,30B,63B,92C,115C 'use':95C 'user':48B,85C 'version':42B 'vulner':75C 'wordpress':2A,21B,24B,51B","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Only WordPress multisite networks that run the Distributor plugin before 2.3.2 and have Contributor-level users are exposed. Single-site installs and networks without Distributor can skip this.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:42+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","cvss_by":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-111625","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111625","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-16T18:17:42+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-19T14:16:57+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:13+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:28:55+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. An API with keys and an MCP server are in preparation; early access: hello@infrastack.ai"}