Auth bypass in Publishpress Schedule Post Changes With Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Categories

CVE-2025-13741

The Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the getAuthors function in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.2. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to retrieve emails for all users with edit_posts capability.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-13741: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13741?
CVE-2025-13741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Publishpress Schedule Post Changes With Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Categories, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2025-13741?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.