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2026-09-09
Publishpress · User Role Editor – Publishpress Capabilities: Access Control/User Roles · CVE-2026-75927
The PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Editor, Access Permissions, User Capabilities, Admin Menus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 2.50.0. This is due to the `addPluginCapabilities()` function unconditionally granting the Editor role all 15 `manage capabilities *` capabilities — including `manage capabilities`, `manage capabilities roles`, `manage capabilities settings`, and `manage capabilities backup` — via a hard-coded `$eligible roles = ['administrator', 'editor']` assignment that runs automatically on the first `admin init` after plugin activation with no administrator opt-in, persisting the grants directly to the database. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Editor-level access to elevate their privileges to a site-wide capability manager, enabling them to create, rename, and delete non-system roles, modify capabilities of non-administrator roles, restore role backups, and write arbitrary plugin options whose names begin with `cme `, `capsman`, `pp capabilities`, or `presspermit` via `update option()`. The escalation stops short of full Administrator access, as WordPress's `map meta cap` layer still prevents the escalated Editor from granting administrator-only capabilities to other roles; however, all role-management and plugin-settings functionality gated solely on `manage capabilities *` capabilities remains fully accessible.