CVE-2026-2233 Missing authorization in User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration
Unauthenticated attackers can modify arbitrary posts, including unpublishing or overwriting content, due to a missing capability check in the User Frontend plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-2233?
CVE-2026-2233 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wedevs User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration, published on 15 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The User Frontend: AI Powered Frontend Posting, User Directory, Profile, Membership & User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the draft_post() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify arbitrary posts (e.g. unpublish published posts and overwrite the contents) via the 'post_id' parameter.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2233?
How do I fix CVE-2026-2233?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-2233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-2233 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-2233 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xvr9-fr69-g722.