Podlove Podcast Publisher <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Episode and Shownotes Modification
- ID
- WPSEC-2026-1216
- Plugin
- Podlove Podcast Publisher (podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress)
- Affected
- all versions before 4.5.4
- Remediation
- Update to 4.5.4 or later.
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weakness
- CWE-639
- Usage
- Plugin Low · Affected versions Low among sites WPSec scans, 2026-10-18
- Attack surface
- Podlove Podcast Publisher on WPSec AttackSurface
- Fix released
- Published
Description
The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference via the episode, shownotes, transcript, chapter, contribution and related-episode REST API endpoints in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.3, due to the update, delete, unfurl and import routes checking only the generic edit_posts capability instead of verifying that the user can edit the specific episode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to modify, trash or delete episodes and episode data that belong to other authors, including published episodes.
References
- https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-1216/
- https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.4/
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/
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