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CVE-2021-25032: PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.

Affected products

• PublishPress Capabilities: before 2.3.1 — fixed in 2.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: PublishPress Capabilities 2.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727

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