Change the input value with jquery to a post system

I have this small AJAX engine, I am using jQuery , this code is for a posting system, but it is not working.

The logic is for a form post register using 2 buttons to submit (submit) . One is to register only and the other is to register and publish the post. The status field will be saved with value 0 and when it will publish and register the attribute value for 1 .

   //publicar e publicar e atualizar
    var button = $('.cadPub');
    var buttonCad = $('.cad');
    var cadastro = $('.formDados');//formulario
    cadastro.submit( function(){
        if(button){
            button.click(function(){
                $('.status').each(function(){
                    var input = $(this);
                    input .val(1);
                });
            });
        }else{
            $('.status').each(function(){
                var input = $(this);
                input .val(0);
            });
        }

    //CADASTRO
    if(button || buttonCad) {
        var id = $(this).attr('id');
        var cap = $(this).attr('data-controller');

        $.ajax({
            url: BASE + cap,
            data: {id: id},
            type: "POST",
            dataType: 'json',
            beforeSend: function (data) {
                $.each(alerts, function (key, value) {
                    $('.alert').removeClass(value);
                });
            },
            success: function (data) {
                if (data.retorno) {
                    $('.alerta').addClass(data.retorno[0]);
                    $('.icones').addClass(data.retorno[1]);//icone tem que passar no indice 1
                    $('.titulo').html(data.retorno[2]);//Titulo no indice 2
                    $('.result').html(data.retorno[3]);//Mensagem de retorno no indice 3
                }
            }
        });
    }
    return false;
});