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CVE Vulnerability Details :
CVE-2026-2126
PUBLISHED
More InfoOfficial Page
Assigner-Wordfence
Assigner Org ID-b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599
View Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV) details
Published At-18 Feb, 2026 | 09:25
Updated At-18 Feb, 2026 | 12:51
Rejected At-
▼CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
User Submitted Posts <= 20260113 - Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Category Restriction Bypass via 'user-submitted-category' Parameter

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.

Affected Products
Vendor
specialk
Product
User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
Default Status
unaffected
Versions
Affected
  • From * through 20260113 (semver)
Problem Types
TypeCWE IDDescription
CWECWE-863CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Type: CWE
CWE ID: CWE-863
Description: CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
Metrics
VersionBase scoreBase severityVector
3.15.3MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Version: 3.1
Base score: 5.3
Base severity: MEDIUM
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
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finder
M Indra Purnama
Timeline
EventDate
Vendor Notified2026-02-06 18:53:16
Disclosed2026-02-17 20:36:12
Event: Vendor Notified
Date: 2026-02-06 18:53:16
Event: Disclosed
Date: 2026-02-17 20:36:12
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Rejected Reason

References
HyperlinkResource
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c5e3ad-5cc3-40b1-a15a-10d53383abe6?source=cve
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/tags/20260113/user-submitted-posts.php#L298
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/tags/20260113/user-submitted-posts.php#L1431
N/A
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3463696%40user-submitted-posts%2Ftrunk&old=3456521%40user-submitted-posts%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
N/A
Hyperlink: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02c5e3ad-5cc3-40b1-a15a-10d53383abe6?source=cve
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/tags/20260113/user-submitted-posts.php#L298
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/tags/20260113/user-submitted-posts.php#L1431
Resource: N/A
Hyperlink: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3463696%40user-submitted-posts%2Ftrunk&old=3456521%40user-submitted-posts%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Resource: N/A
▼Authorized Data Publishers (ADP)
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
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