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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-75927

Improper Privilege Management

Published Oct 13, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 13, 2026 · User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles

Patch now

CVE-2026-75927 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.64%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles · vendor publishpress User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles

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 function unconditionally granting the Editor role all 15 capabilities — including , , , and — via a hard-coded assignment that runs automatically on the first 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-

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  • stated User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles<= 2.50.0
  • vendor publishpress User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Rolesversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-75927

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-75927 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with User Role Editor – PublishPress Capabilities: Access Control and User Roles <= 2.50.0. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.64%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 13, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    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 function unconditionally granting the Editor role all 15 capabilities — including , , , and — via a hard-coded assignment that runs automatically on the first after plugin act

  2. Oct 13, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-75927

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-75927

    30-day exploitation probability 0.6%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-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 function unconditionally granting the Editor role all 1

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.