CVE-2026-2126

MEDIUM

User Submitted Posts Plugin - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
specialk/User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End < 20260113
Published Feb 18, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026