PublishPress Capabilities: Privilege escalation
The supplied CVSS vector requires a high-privilege authenticated account; the minimum WordPress role is undisclosed. An attacker can cross a permission boundary and gain privileges beyond those intended for the caller. The role-changing operation, target privilege and endpoint are undisclosed. The supplied vector reports high confidentiality impact, high integrity impact, high availability impact. The vector requires no victim interaction. Affected versions: <= 2.45.0. The authoritative export identifies 2.50.0 as fixed for this CVE.
- Component
- PublishPress Capabilities
- Plugin slug
capability-manager-enhanced- Affected
- <= 2.45.0
- Safe version
2.50.0- Published
- Oct 06, 2026
This CVE was published Oct 06, 2026 and is one of 5 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update PublishPress Capabilities to 2.50.0 or a later supported release. Application-level remediation: Authorize each privilege-changing operation against the acting user, disallow client-selected privileged roles, and enforce capability checks before any user or role update.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H