Vulnerability · Published Jan 9, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-14718Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories <= 4.9.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Workflow Manipulation
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories from publishpress. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.3. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to create, update, delete, and publish malicious workflows that may automatically delete any post upon publication or update, including posts created by administrators.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| publishpress | Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories | 0 – through 4.9.3 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8198d81a-40c0-49c1-8c38-f5ef6fb911ad?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/post-expirator/tags/4.9.3/src/Modules/Workflows/Rest/RestApiV1.php&new_path=/post-expirator/tags/4.9.4/src/Modules/Workflows/Rest/RestApiV1.php