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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2026-88974 EUVD-2026-85310GHSA-5mmc-8pc9-wggg

WPGraphQL: Contributor can publish and modify posts without the required capabilities via updatePost

Published Sep 23, 2026 · Updated Sep 23, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wp-graphql wp-graphql < 2.22.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist wp-graphql/wp-graphql all versions — GHSA-5mmc-8pc9-wggg

References