7.2High

CVE-2026-48197WordPress PublishPress Capabilities plugin <= 2.45.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability

PublishPress PublishPress Capabilities Published: 2026-10-06 11:35 (1 month ago)

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.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-266

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
PublishPress	PublishPress Capabilities	≤ 2.45.0

References and patches

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/capability-manager-enhanced/vulnerability/wordpress-publishp… vdb-entry

CVSS score

7.2High

Source: Patchstack · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

All scores (2)

cna	CVSS 3.1	7.2High
audit@patchstack.com	CVSS 3.1	7.2High

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.43%

higher than 38% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2026-05-21
Published2026-10-06 11:35
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:44
Last updated2026-10-06 18:04

Assigned by (CNA): Patchstack
NVD status: Deferred

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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