WPGraphQL provides a GraphQL API for WordPress sites. Prior to 2.22.2, the updatePost mutation in src/Mutation/PostObjectUpdate.php checks only the collection-level edit_posts capability and the post author, but does not enforce the object-level edit_post capability or require publish_posts for public status transitions. An authenticated Contributor can therefore publish the Contributor's own draft without editorial approval or modify the Contributor's previously published post despite lacking edit_published_posts, while posts owned by other authors remain protected. This issue is fixed in version 2.22.2.
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| Description | WPGraphQL provides a GraphQL API for WordPress sites. Prior to 2.22.2, the updatePost mutation in src/Mutation/PostObjectUpdate.php checks only the collection-level edit_posts capability and the post author, but does not enforce the object-level edit_post capability or require publish_posts for public status transitions. An authenticated Contributor can therefore publish the Contributor's own draft without editorial approval or modify the Contributor's previously published post despite lacking edit_published_posts, while posts owned by other authors remain protected. This issue is fixed in version 2.22.2. | |
| Title | WPGraphQL: Contributor can publish and modify posts without the required capabilities via updatePost | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-863 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2026-09-23T14:11:06.092Z
Updated: 2026-09-23T16:21:35.694Z
Reserved: 2026-09-10T16:02:31.341Z
Link: CVE-2026-88974
Updated: 2026-09-23T16:21:26.717Z
Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2026-09-23T15:17:23.893
Modified: 2026-09-23T18:12:04.247
Link: CVE-2026-88974
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