GHSA-5MMC-8PC9-WGGG WPGraphQL: Contributor can publish and modify posts without the required capabilities via updatePost

Summary WPGraphQL 2.19.0 contains an authorization bypass in the updatePost mutation. An authenticated WordPress Contributor can change one of their own draft posts to PUBLISH despite lacking the publishposts capability. The same mutation also permits the Contributor to modify their own previousl...

CVE-2026-88974: Incorrect Authorization

WPGraphQL provides a GraphQL API for WordPress sites. Prior to 2.22.2, the updatePost mutation in src/Mutation/PostObjectUpdate.php checks only the collection-level editposts capability and the post author, but does not enforce the object-level editpost capability or require publishposts for publ...

CVE-2011-1762

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publishposts' permission...

Design/Logic Flaw

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publishposts' permission...

CVE-2011-1762

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publishposts' permission...

CVE-2011-1762: Improper Access Control

A flaw exists in Wordpress related to the 'wp-admin/press-this.php 'script improperly checking user permissions when publishing posts. This may allow a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to post as if they had 'publishposts' permission...

CVE-2020-8498

XSS exists in the shortcode functionality of the GistPress plugin before 3.0.2 for WordPress via the includes/class-gistpress.php id parameter. This allows an attacker with the WordPress Contributor role to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of other users e.g., ones who have t...

CVE-2020-8498

XSS exists in the shortcode functionality of the GistPress plugin before 3.0.2 for WordPress via the includes/class-gistpress.php id parameter. This allows an attacker with the WordPress Contributor role to execute arbitrary JavaScript code with the privileges of other users e.g., ones who have t...

WordPress 'press-this.php' Security Bypass

According to its version number, the WordPress install hosted on the remote web server is affected by a security bypass vulnerability. A flaw in the 'wp-admin/press-this.php' script improperly checks user permissions when publishing posts. This allows a user with 'Contributor-level' privileges to...

CVE-2011-5270

wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publishposts capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to perform publish actions by leveraging the Contributor role...

CVE-2011-5270

wp-admin/press-this.php in WordPress before 3.0.6 does not enforce the publishposts capability requirement, which allows remote authenticated users to perform publish actions by leveraging the Contributor role...

CVE-2007-1893

xmlrpc xmlrpc.php in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publishposts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."...

CVE-2007-1893

xmlrpc xmlrpc.php in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publishposts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."...

CVE-2007-1893: Undefined Security Weakness

xmlrpc xmlrpc.php in WordPress 2.1.2, and probably earlier, allows remote authenticated users with the contributor role to bypass intended access restrictions and invoke the publishposts functionality, which can be used to "publish a previously saved post."...