CVE-2026-0718: Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX <= 5.0.5 - Missing Authorization to Limited Post Meta Modification

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites – PostX plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the ultp_shareCount_callback() function in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.5. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the share_count post meta for any post, including private or draft posts.

Affected products

WPXPO PostX: through 5.0.5

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.5/classes/Blocks.php&new_path=/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.6/classes/Blocks.php
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c4b2cf3b-5d35-4ce6-9453-1538a6f7752f?source=cve

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