CVE-2025-13149

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories <= 4.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Missing Authorization to Post/Page Status Modification

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Published Nov 21, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the "saveFutureActionData" function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to change the status of arbitrary posts and pages via the REST API endpoint.

Analysis

Technical impact

The vulnerability in the Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future plugin allows authenticated authors and higher to modify post and page statuses through the REST API without proper authorization checks. This flaw enables attackers to unpublish, delete, change status, trash, or alter categories of arbitrary content, compromising data integrity.

Affected Systems

Affected systems are WordPress installations running PublishPress Future plugin version 4.9.1 or earlier. The issue applies to all WordPress sites that have the plugin installed and where users with author-level access can use the REST API. No version beyond 4.9.1 is listed as affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.3 indicates low severity, and an EPSS score of less than 1% points to a very low exploitation probability. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA’s KEV catalog. The likely attack vector is via the authenticated REST API endpoint, requiring only author-level credentials, a common privilege in many WordPress sites. Because of these conditions, the overall risk remains low, but any exposed REST API can be a target if an attacker gains author access.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

publishpress

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 4.9.1

No data.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Wordpress	Wordpress	—

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

Upgrade the PublishPress Future plugin to version 4.9.2 or later, which addresses the authorization check issue.
Restrict or disable the affected REST API endpoint for users with author-level access, using a security plugin or .htaccess rules.
Audit and tighten WordPress user roles to ensure that only trusted users have author or higher capabilities, and review the plugin’s configuration for any remaining unrestricted actions.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 21, 2026 at 18:04 UTC.

Tracking

Advisories

No advisories available

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.201% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-future/commit/0cbefc1632c6f1fffc5fa0ca85e6b8a641d41c7f
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ea0ebc-08aa-4ef5-b6b1-c7c13715ef6d?source=cve

History

Nov 24, 2025 9:15 AM First appearance in the feed. Affected vendors updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products		Wordpress Wordpress wordpress

Nov 21, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Nov 21, 2025 8:45 AM Description updated. Title updated. Weaknesses updated. Added references. Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing authorization check on the "saveFutureActionData" function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author level access and above, to change the status of arbitrary posts and pages via the REST API endpoint.
Title		Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories <= 4.9.1 - Authenticated (Author+) Missing Authorization to Post/Page Status Modification
Weaknesses		CWE-862
References		https://github.com/publishpress/publishpress-future/commit/0cbefc1632c6f1fffc5fa0ca85e6b8a641d41c7f https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ea0ebc-08aa-4ef5-b6b1-c7c13715ef6d?source=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`