{"id":"CVE-2026-15939","title":"The Simple Restrict WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not enforce its content-restriction permission check on the REST API the way it does on the front end, relying there on a generic capability check instead of the Simple Restrict Word…","summary":"The Simple Restrict WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not enforce its content-restriction permission check on the REST API the way it does on the front end, relying there on a generic capability check instead of the Simple Restrict Word…","severity":"none","published":"2026-08-02","updated":"2026-08-02","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15939","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/307a3033-ca65-4c3a-9a08-dd4a6f7dacea/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-08-02T13:18:29.176Z","epss":0.00179,"epssPercentile":0.07689,"slug":"CVE-2026-15939","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Simple Restrict WordPress plugin before 1.2.9 does not enforce its content-restriction permission check on the REST API the way it does on the front end, relying there on a generic capability check instead of the Simple Restrict WordPress plugin before 1.2.9's own permission system, allowing users with contributor-level access or above to read the content of restricted posts and pages they were never granted access to.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}