CVE-2026-48197

WordPress PublishPress Capabilities plugin <= 2.45.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

State: Published
Severity: 7.2 High
Published: Oct 6, 2026
Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Reserved: May 21, 2026

Description

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Capabilities capability-manager-enhanced allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects PublishPress Capabilities: from n/a through 2.45.0.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.2 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	Patchstack

Weaknesses

CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

Affected Products

Product	Versions
PublishPress CapabilitiesPublishPress	2.45.0 and earlierAffectedfrom 2.50.0Not affected

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/capability-manager-enhanced/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-capabilities-plugin-2-45-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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