---
id: CVE-2026-89001
title: >-
  The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify
  that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to
  attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level
  access and …
summary: >-
  The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify
  that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to
  attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level
  access and …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.9
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-269
product: WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher
affected:
  - wpematico_rss_feed_fetcher < 2.8.27
published: '2026-09-27'
updated: '2026-09-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-28T16:38:58.950'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89001'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/829bfdc3-7a15-4d6a-9782-72d34fd114b7/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-28T00:39:14.744363Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-27T06:43:46.831Z'
epss: 0.00188
epssPercentile: 0.08297
---

## Overview

The WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher WordPress plugin before 2.8.27 does not verify that a user running a feed campaign is permitted to publish content or to attribute posts to another account, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to publish posts live and set any registered user, including an administrator, as the post author.

## Remediation

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