---
id: "CVE-2026-127094"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-127094"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-127094"]
title: "Pagelayer WordPress plugin: contributors can edit and delete others' private posts"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.6
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "pagelayer", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["no-contributor-accounts", "pagelayer-not-installed", "version-2.2.1-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-13T10:18:06+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-13T10:47:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T10:52:33+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-127094", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-13T10:47:30+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Pagelayer WordPress plugin: contributors can edit and delete others' private posts

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-127094 (this .md is for agents)

Pagelayer 2.1.7 through 2.2.0 registers Abilities API endpoints that only check the edit_posts capability, so a Contributor-level WordPress user can act on other users' content. An attacker can read private posts and pages, overwrite, publish, delete or duplicate them, and change site-wide headers and footers.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Pagelayer version in the WordPress plugins list or `wp plugin get pagelayer --field=version`
- Look for `main/abilitiesregister.php` in the Pagelayer plugin folder
- Confirm whether Contributor-role accounts exist on the site

## Fix

- Pagelayer: move to `2.2.1` or later, per the NVD range (fixed in 2.2.1)

## Timeline

- 2026-11-13T10:47:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-127094

## Documents

- [advisory] Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pagelayer-2.1.7-before-2.2.1-missing-authorization-via-abilities-api

## From the sources

Pagelayer 2.1.7 before 2.2.1 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in Abilities API abilities registered in main/abilitiesregister.php that only require the edit_posts capability. Contributor-level attackers can overwrite, publish, delete, or duplicate other users' private posts and pages to read them, and modify site-wide theme templates like headers and footers.

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