# CVE-2026-118186: PublishPress Revisions 3.6.0 - 4.2.0 - Contributor+ Unapproved Content Publishing via Revision Workflow

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-06. Updated: 2026-11-06.

The PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes WordPress plugin before 4.3.1 does not correctly restrict who may publish content, allowing users such as Contributors who can edit but not publish to make unreviewed posts and pages publicly live, bypassing the intended editorial approval workflow.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes: ≥ 3.6.0; < 4.3.1 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-863

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa4c90ad-1477-47ef-aef8-c384a67d4b61/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/aa4c90ad-1477-47ef-aef8-c384a67d4b61/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118186; retrieved 2026-11-06; source updated 2026-11-06

Revision: 386414e7f3cac350d383648792836700180188f277eb2c901db62fd68c0a7aca

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-118186

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