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An attacker can unpublish or reschedule administrator posts, or publish other users' pending or draft posts.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.4,"epss":0.00286,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","schedulepress","self-hosted","wordpress","wordpress-plugin"],"not_affected_if":["no-contributor-users","plugin-updated-to-5.3.5"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed SchedulePress plugin version in the WordPress admin Plugins screen or with `wp plugin get schedulepress --field=version`\n- Confirm whether Contributor-role accounts exist with `wp user list --role=contributor`","fix":"- Update the SchedulePress plugin to `5.3.5` or later\n- Review recent post status and publish date changes on administrator and other users' posts","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-21T13:18:27+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T04:14:37+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T04:14:37+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T04:14:37Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update the SchedulePress plugin to `5.3.5` or later\n- Review recent post status and publish date changes on administrator and other users' posts","reach":"network","title":"SchedulePress: Contributor users can change any post's status and date","impact":"medium","summary":"SchedulePress before 5.3.5 lets an authenticated Contributor change any post's status and publish date through the wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX action. 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Sites without Contributor users or with the plugin already updated are not exposed by this flaw.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-21T13:18:27+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/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-2026-114120","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114120","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-21T13:18:27+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T17:39:56+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:01+00:00","note":null},{"source":"epss","external_id":"CVE-2026-114120","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114120","severity":null,"published_at":null,"modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-24T13:15:54+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. 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