CVE-2026-2126

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductUser Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End
PublishedFeb 18, 2026
First seenFeb 18, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
specialk User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front Endv ≤ 20260113—

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