6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-118194
Page and Post Restriction <= 1.6.1 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via REST API Nonce Bypass via Cookie Re-Authentication
Description

The Page and Post Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 This is due to the `papr_restrict_page_post_rest_api()` function, hooked on `rest_pre_dispatch`, re-authenticating the current user from the `wordpress_logged_in` cookie via `wp_set_current_user()` for any GET or HEAD REST request where the current user is 0, without verifying a REST nonce — silently undoing the nonce-zeroing that WordPress core's `rest_cookie_check_errors()` performs on cookie-authenticated requests that lack an `X-WP-Nonce` header or `_wpnonce` parameter. Combined with WordPress's permissive REST CORS behavior — which echoes the request `Origin` and sets `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true` — this allows an unauthenticated attacker to read REST API GET responses as a logged-in victim, exposing role-restricted and private post/page content, victim user profile data via `/wp-json/wp/v2/users/me`, and comments the victim is authorized to see. This requires the attacker to lure a logged-in user into visiting an attacker-controlled page that issues credentialed cross-origin `fetch` requests against the target site's REST API; no nonce or further victim interaction beyond the page visit is needed.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 30, 2026, 6:16 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2026, 6:16 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-118194 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Miniorange page_restriction
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM MITRE-CVE
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update the Page and Post Restriction plugin to a version that addresses the authentication bypass vulnerability.
  • Update the Page and Post Restriction plugin.
  • Ensure the plugin is updated to a patched version.
  • Remove the vulnerable plugin if no update is available.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description The Page and Post Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.1 This is due to the `papr_restrict_page_post_rest_api()` function, hooked on `rest_pre_dispatch`, re-authenticating the current user from the `wordpress_logged_in` cookie via `wp_set_current_user()` for any GET or HEAD REST request where the current user is 0, without verifying a REST nonce — silently undoing the nonce-zeroing that WordPress core's `rest_cookie_check_errors()` performs on cookie-authenticated requests that lack an `X-WP-Nonce` header or `_wpnonce` parameter. Combined with WordPress's permissive REST CORS behavior — which echoes the request `Origin` and sets `Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: true` — this allows an unauthenticated attacker to read REST API GET responses as a logged-in victim, exposing role-restricted and private post/page content, victim user profile data via `/wp-json/wp/v2/users/me`, and comments the victim is authorized to see. This requires the attacker to lure a logged-in user into visiting an attacker-controlled page that issues credentialed cross-origin `fetch` requests against the target site's REST API; no nonce or further victim interaction beyond the page visit is needed.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-287
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/118xxx/CVE-2026-118194.json">CVE-2026-118194</a>
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-and-post-restriction/tags/1.6.0/page-and-post-restriction.php#L54
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-and-post-restriction/tags/1.6.0/page-and-post-restriction.php#L78
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-and-post-restriction/tags/1.6.0/page-and-post-restriction.php#L79
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/page-and-post-restriction?rev=3771992
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3771992/page-and-post-restriction/trunk/page-and-post-restriction.php
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2785a4e1-64f3-4b20-b0b3-7030bd88438c?source=cve
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