CVE-2026-48197CWE-266

CVE-2026-48197

High · published October 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00462 · 39.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Published
2026-10-06T13:17Z
References (1)
https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/capability-manager-enhanced/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-capabilities-plugin-2-45-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 OCT 03:41Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 06 OCT 08:35Z
    WordPress PublishPress Capabilities plugin <= 2.45.0 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
    cvelistv5