CVE-2026-2126 (GCVE-0-2026-2126)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-18 09:25 – Updated: 2026-02-18 12:51
VLAI?
Title
User Submitted Posts <= 20260113 - Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Category Restriction Bypass via 'user-submitted-category' Parameter
Summary
The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 20260113. This is due to the `usp_get_submitted_category()` function accepting user-submitted category IDs from the POST body without validating them against the admin-configured allowed categories stored in `usp_options['categories']`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to assign submitted posts to arbitrary categories, including restricted ones, by crafting a direct POST request with manipulated `user-submitted-category[]` values, bypassing the frontend category restrictions.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End Affected: * , ≤ 20260113 (semver)
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M Indra Purnama
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