CVE-2026-109592 json
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
published 2026-10-30 9 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-114226
- cvss
- 4.3
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 28%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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 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.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 9 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- wordpressdotorg OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a62e499d-6520-4bad-963a-ff7619daa5f8?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/store.php#L254
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php#L517
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/folders-store.php#L618
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php#L57
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset?reponame=&old=3761843%40desktop-mode&new=3761843%40desktop-mode
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-109592
- NVD CVE-2026-109592
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