Vulnerability · Published Sep 27, 2026 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2026-89001WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings
Medium 4.9
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts live and set any registered user, including an administrator, as the post author.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher | 0 – before 2.8.27 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/829bfdc3-7a15-4d6a-9782-72d34fd114b7/ exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description