CVE-2026-75017 json
Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Post Modification / Site-Wide Template Takeover via Builder Templates REST Endpoint
published last mo. modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-82728
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to demote administrator-owned published builder templates (header, footer, front page, single, archive, 404, and search) to draft status and replace them with attacker-authored block content rendered site-wide, enabling defacement, phishing, and SEO spam. This is possible because the mzb-builder-template post type is registered with capability_type='post' and exposed via the REST API, and the _mzb_template meta key is accessible to any user with edit_posts capability, meaning Contributor-level users and above can trigger the vulnerable save_post() hook.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- last mo.
Exploit prediction
0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- wpblockart Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7f66d26a-8eb7-4b29-bb7f-afdd762be4b2?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/magazine-blocks/tags/1.8.6/includes/PostTypes/SiteBuilder.php#L56
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/magazine-blocks/tags/1.8.6/includes/PostTypes/SiteBuilder.php#L116
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/magazine-blocks/tags/1.8.6/includes/PostTypes/SiteBuilder.php#L138
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/magazine-blocks/tags/1.8.6/includes/MagazineBlocks.php#L98
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&old=3656574%40magazine-blocks&new=3656574%40magazine-blocks
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-75017
- NVD CVE-2026-75017
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