CVE-2026-48197WordPress PublishPress Capabilities plugin <= 2.45.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.46%, higher than 39% of scored CVEs.
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-266
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.46% (percentile 39)
- Assigned by
- Patchstack
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
PublishPress PublishPress Capabilities publishpress:capabilities (from the name) | through 2.45.0; fixed at 2.50.0 | CNA record |
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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