CVE-2026-114120: WPDeveloper SchedulePress advisory

Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.

What it is

SchedulePress before 5.3.5 contains a missing authorization vulnerability that allows authenticated Contributor-level users to change any post’s status and publish date via the wpsp_el_editor_form AJAX action. Attackers can reuse the wpsp-el-editor nonce from the Elementor modal to unpublish or reschedule administrator posts, or publish other users’ pending or draft posts.

Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by VulnCheck, published 2026-10-21).

Weakness: Missing Authorization

How it can be exploited

Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity with no special attack requirements needing low privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability low. CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA has no evidence of exploitation. Automatable: no. Technical impact: partial.

Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)

Also known as: GHSA-wjcc-2q8h-xjfx

VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:DOOMRING

Exploit Observer links 3 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.

Exploit code and modules (3)

Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.

Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (2)

Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.

Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjcc-2q8h-xjfx
Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114120

3 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.

VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.

Live scores

EPSS: 0.003
low predicted chance of attack
VEDAS: 0.986
strong exploit evidence
On CISA KEV: Not listed
Detection rule: Suricata

Who is affected

Product	Affected	Not affected
WPDeveloper SchedulePress	before 5.3.5	Not stated

Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.

How to fix it

Fixed versions stated in the CVE record: 5.3.5.

Vendor guidance:

https://github.com/WPDevelopers/wp-scheduled-posts/commit/0e7af0fcbf0851687c34db2997117032978dbe06 (patch)

How to detect it

Suricata rules (network detection)

1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2026-114120 schedulepress - Unauthorized Editor Form AJAX Action. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.

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suricata

alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2026-114120 schedulepress - Unauthorized Editor Form AJAX Action"; flow:established,to_server; http.method; content:"POST"; http.uri; content:"admin-ajax.php"; fast_pattern; http.request_body; content:"action=wpsp_el_editor_form"; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2026-114120; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2026-114120&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=schedulepress&match=exact; sid:1084604; rev:1;)

CVE-2026-114120.rules on GitHub

References

Other databases

Where this comes from

This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.