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.
Published: 2026-09-27
Score: 4.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 03:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings
References

Subscriptions

Wordpress-extensions Wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-28T00:48:08.495Z

Reserved: 2026-09-10T16:19:20.641Z

Link: CVE-2026-89001

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T00:38:38.393Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-27T06:17:19.397

Modified: 2026-09-28T02:17:37.410

Link: CVE-2026-89001

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-28T04:30:18Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-269

    Improper Privilege Management