Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-25032
CVE-2021-25032
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.
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Affected products
2- PublishPress/Capabilitiesdescription
- Range: <2.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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