Unauthorized Data Access in PublishPress Future Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-13741

4.3MEDIUM

What is CVE-2025-13741?

The PublishPress Future plugin for WordPress suffers from a flaw that allows for unauthorized access to sensitive user data. Due to a missing capability check in the getAuthors function, attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to retrieve the email addresses of all users who have the edit_posts capability. This security issue impacts all versions up to and including 4.9.2, leaving many WordPress sites at risk of data leakage.

Affected Version(s)

Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories * <= 4.9.2

References

CVSS V3.1

Score:
4.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
None
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Athiwat Tiprasaharn
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CVE-2025-13741 : Unauthorized Data Access in PublishPress Future Plugin for WordPress