CVE-2026-94505
8.1 HIGHPublished 2026-10-03 · Updated 2026-10-06
AI risk analysis
- Summary
- The flaw allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access or higher to delete any reusable social message, including those authored by administrators, due to improper authorization checks.
- Exploitability
- Exploitation is moderately easy for attackers with contributor-level access or higher, as no specific preconditions beyond authentication are required.
- Blast radius
- If exploited, the impact is high as it could lead to the permanent deletion of critical social media content authored by administrators or other privileged users.
- Detection
- No reliable host or network indicator is derivable from the published description.
- Prioritized remediation
- Upgrade to version 4.51 or later.
Analysis generated locally by qwen2.5:7b-instruct (no data left the box). AI-assisted — verify against primary sources before acting.
NVD description
The Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.0 This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to permanently delete any reusable social message (nc_reusable_social post), including those authored by administrators or other privileged users.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-862
All references
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/post-types/reusable-messages/class-nelio-content-reusable-message-rest-controller.php#L169
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/post-types/reusable-messages/class-nelio-content-reusable-message-rest-controller.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/nelio-content/tags/4.5.0/includes/utils/functions/helpers.php#L80
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3724505/nelio-content/tags/4.5.1
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/828050ce-4775-4256-8dcf-2cdb96d5ec4e?source=cve
Source data: NVD (nvd.nist.gov), public domain. Exploit-DB.ai adds local AI analysis for defensive use only.
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