CVE-2026-89001

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings

Published Sep 27, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts live and set any registered user, including an administrator, as the post author.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions wpematico Rss Feed Fetcher
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts live and set any registered user, including an administrator, as the post author.
Title WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher < 2.8.27 - Contributor+ Post Publication and Author Spoofing via Campaign Settings
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Sep 28, 2026, 12:48 AM
Reserved
Sep 10, 2026, 4:19 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Sep 27, 2026, 6:17 AM
Modified
Sep 28, 2026, 4:38 PM