CVE-2026-118181 · Package
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The Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 skips a capability check when saving its global settings. Any user whose role an administrator has granted access to, down to Subscriber, can overwrite those settings, including the role-access list itself.
first public Nov 14, 2026 · 1 source
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Sites running the Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 that have granted its access to any role, even low-privilege ones like Subscriber. Sites that only allow administrators to use the plugin are less exposed, though the sources do not say this directly. Unknown whether any hosted or managed WordPress setups are excluded.
Not affected if no-role-granted-access, plugin-at-1.5.8-or-later
Who cares self-hosted, wordpress, wordpress-plugins
1.5.8.1.5.8 or later.The Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not perform a capability check when saving its global settings, relying only on its own role-access list, which allows users of any role an administrator has given Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 access to, as low as Subscriber, to overwrite those settings, including the role-access list itself.
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