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
| CVE | CVE-2026-109592 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Wordfence |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2026-10-30 18:17:19 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-10-30 19:18:07 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 4.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS: 0.003450000 probability, percentile 0.280000000 (date 2026-11-02)
Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Secondary | 4.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
| 3.1 | CNA | DECLARED | 4.3 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
LowUser Interaction
NoneScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
LowAvailability
NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Vendor Declared Affected Products
| Source | Vendor | Product | Version | Platforms |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | Wordpressdotorg | OpenStation Admin Dashboard Notes Custom Dashboard AI Assistant PWA | affected 1.1.16 semver | Not specified |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php | [email protected] | plugins.trac.wordpress.org | |
| plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/store... | [email protected] | plugins.trac.wordpress.org | |
| plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset | [email protected] | plugins.trac.wordpress.org | |
| plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/rest.php | [email protected] | plugins.trac.wordpress.org | |
| plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/desktop-mode/tags/1.1.13/includes/desktop-files/folde... | [email protected] | plugins.trac.wordpress.org | |
| www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a62e499d-6520-4bad-963a-ff761... | [email protected] | www.wordfence.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
Discovery Credit
CNA: Wordfence PRISM (en)
CNA: OpenStation Team (en)
Additional Advisory Data
| Source | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| CNA | 2026-10-30T14:45:40.000Z | Disclosed |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.