---
id: CVE-2026-109592
title: >-
  OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin <= 1.1.16 -
  Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Placement
  Modification and Entity Metadata Disclosure via PATCH /files/placements/<id>
  on orphaned placements
summary: >-
  The OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin plugin
  for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and
  including, 1.1.16. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a
  user …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-862
vendor: wordpressdotorg
product: 'OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA'
affected:
  - >-
    openstation_admin_dashboard_notes_custom_dashboard_ai_assistant_pwa <=
    1.1.16
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-30T17:33:21.282381Z'
published: '2026-10-30'
updated: '2026-10-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-30T18:08:58.094Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-109592'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a62e499d-6520-4bad-963a-ff7619daa5f8?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/store.php#L254
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php#L517
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/folders-store.php#L618
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php#L57
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3761843%40desktop-mode&new=3761843%40desktop-mode
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00345
epssPercentile: 0.28159
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T16:24:31.305Z'
---

## Overview

The OpenStation: Desktop Windows, Dock & Virtual Desktops for WP Admin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.16. 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 subscriber-level access and above, to modify arbitrary other users' placement rows (position, sort order, parent folder, and meta) and read serialized metadata — including title, permalink, and post status — of the entities those orphaned placements reference. Exploitation requires at least one orphaned placement to exist — a state produced naturally by the plugin's own trash cascade, which marks a parent folder as trashed while leaving child placements' parent_id intact — and the attacker must first self-enable OpenStation via the save-openstation AJAX endpoint, which requires only the 'read' capability held by every default WordPress role. This was also independently found by the OpenStation team.

## Affected

- `openstation_admin_dashboard_notes_custom_dashboard_ai_assistant_pwa <= 1.1.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.