User Submitted Posts <= 20260113 - Incorrect Authorization to Unauthenticated Category Restriction Bypass via 'user-submitted-category' Parameter

2026-02-17 20:36
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Vulnerability Overview

The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 20260113. This is due to the `usp_get_submitted_category()` function accepting user-submitted category IDs from the POST body without validating them against the admin-configured allowed categories stored in `usp_options['categories']`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to assign submitted posts to arbitrary categories, including restricted ones, by crafting a direct POST request with manipulated `user-submitted-category[]` values, bypassing the frontend category restrictions.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 20260217, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization) The product performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check.

External References

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