The Flatsome WordPress theme before 3.20.13 does not enforce the acting user's publish and post-type restrictions on an AJAX save action, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish their own content and change its post type (for example to a product) without holding the required capabilities.

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Sat, 14 Nov 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description The Flatsome WordPress theme before 3.20.13 does not enforce the acting user's publish and post-type restrictions on an AJAX save action, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish their own content and change its post type (for example to a product) without holding the required capabilities.
Title Flatsome < 3.20.13 - Contributor+ Post Type and Status Overwrite via ux_builder_save
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-14T06:00:06.694Z

Reserved: 2026-10-27T08:00:58.229Z

Link: CVE-2026-117490

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-14T07:17:18.140

Modified: 2026-11-14T07:17:18.140

Link: CVE-2026-117490

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-14T22:18:10Z

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