{"id":"CVE-2026-120851","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-120851"],"related":[],"title":"PublishPress Revisions: missing authorization lets users exceed access control levels","description":"Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Revisions revisionary allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PublishPress Revisions: from n/a through 4.2.0.","summary":"PublishPress Revisions, a WordPress plugin for content revision workflows, has a missing authorization check that lets access control security levels be exploited when they are misconfigured. An attacker with the access the plugin grants could reach content or actions their role should not allow.","severity":"medium","cvss":4.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","publishpress-revisions","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["newer-version","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed PublishPress Revisions (revisionary) plugin version in the WordPress admin Plugins page or `wp plugin get revisionary --field=version`\n- Review whether the site uses custom access control security levels for revisions","fix":"- PublishPress Revisions: versions after `4.2.0` (fixed version not stated in the sources)","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-06T23:17:21+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-06T23:44:35+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-06T23:45:13+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-06T23:45:13+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.55,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-06T23:45:13Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- PublishPress Revisions: versions after `4.2.0` (fixed version not stated in the sources)","reach":"internet","title":"PublishPress Revisions: missing authorization lets users exceed access control levels","impact":"medium","summary":"PublishPress Revisions, a WordPress plugin for content revision workflows, has a missing authorization check that lets access control security levels be exploited when they are misconfigured. 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Sites on a newer release or without the plugin are not affected. 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