CVE-2026-48197

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in PublishPress PublishPress Capabilities…

Risk score: 51/100
CVSS: 7.2 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days): 0.5%
Published: 6 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is: 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.
Affected: See advisory
Fix: Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
Exploitation: No known exploitation

Why it is Yellow

CVSS 7.2 high

References

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

Original 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.

Last activity 6 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.