CVE-2026-25330 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.10.1.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Publishpress	Publishpress Authors
Wordpress	Wordpress

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/publishpress-authors/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-authors-plugin-4-10-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Publishpress Publishpress publishpress Authors Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Publishpress Publishpress publishpress Authors Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 08:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		Missing Authorization vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Authors publishpress-authors allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects PublishPress Authors: from n/a through <= 4.10.1.
Title		WordPress PublishPress Authors plugin <= 4.10.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/publishpress-authors/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-authors-plugin-4-10-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2026-02-19T08:26:56.890Z

Updated: 2026-02-20T16:03:58.468Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T12:52:29.367Z

Link: CVE-2026-25330

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-20T16:02:35.956Z

NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-19T09:16:17.597

Modified: 2026-02-19T15:52:39.260

Link: CVE-2026-25330

Redhat

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