# CVE-2026-117490: Flatsome < 3.20.13 - Contributor+ Post Type and Status Overwrite via ux_builder_save

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-14. Updated: 2026-11-14.

The Flatsome WordPress theme before 3.20.13 does not enforce the acting user's publish and post-type restrictions on an AJAX save action, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish their own content and change its post type (for example to a product) without holding the required capabilities.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / Flatsome: ≥ 0; < 3.20.13 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-862

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/152c9cda-ec73-42e3-b7a3-3a133338db8b/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/152c9cda-ec73-42e3-b7a3-3a133338db8b/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-117490; retrieved 2026-11-14; source updated 2026-11-14

Revision: e912b9624518b86afea1be72aa60f74311243589f9e3c6edccc2f3921fedd80e

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-117490

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- OpenAPI: https://y2.dev/api/openapi.yaml. Agent access metadata: https://y2.dev/cve/agent.json.

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