Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-118181

Copy & Delete Posts < 1.5.8 - Authenticated Plugin Settings and Access Control Modification

publishedCWE-862

The Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 does not perform a capability check when saving its global settings, relying only on its own role-access list, which allows users of any role an administrator has given Duplicate Post WordPress plugin before 1.5.8 access to, as low as Subscriber, to overwrite those settings, including the role-access list itself.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-11-14Source updated 2026-11-14
Collected2026-11-141 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Duplicate Post
Unknown
≥ 0; < 1.5.8 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: WPScan

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

References

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