CVE-2026-114120

SchedulePress before 5.3.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated Contributor-level users to change any post's status and publish date via the wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX action. Attackers can reuse the wpsp-el-editor nonce from the Elementor modal to unpublish or reschedule administrator posts, or publish other users' pending or draft posts.

CVSS 4.0

5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 20% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2026-10-21

Modified

2026-10-22

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-23

References

• https://github.com/WPDevelopers/wp-scheduled-posts/blob/v5.3.4/includes/Admin.php#L1276-L1521
• https://github.com/WPDevelopers/wp-scheduled-posts/commit/0e7af0fcbf0851687c34db2997117032978dbe06
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-scheduled-posts/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/schedulepress-before-5.3.5-missing-authorization-via-wpsp-el-editor-form-ajax-action

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