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Capability Manager Enhanced - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-28183)

CVE-2026-28183

Vulnerability CVE-2026-28183 PLUGIN capability-manager-enhanced HIGH

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.

CVE-2026-28183

HIGH CVSS 7.2 Published 2026-08-06 Updated 2026-09-23
AI Risk Elevated (66/100) Active Exploit: No strong signal Published Exploit: No public exploit references Priority: P3 Priority
Severity Band HIGH
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Components 2
Reference Links 1
AI Risk Engine Elevated (66/100)
Exploitability Medium
Active Exploitation No strong signal
Published Exploit Status No public exploit references

Threat Timeline

  1. 2026-08-06 CVE published and first recorded in the threat feed.
  2. 2026-09-23 Record updated with latest vulnerability metadata.
  3. 2026-09-28 AI technical context refreshed for mitigation and impact guidance.
  4. Now Monitoring for follow-up changes, linked references, and new related CVEs.

AI Context

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AI Updated 17 days ago

AI enriched 17 days ago (2026-09-28 14:07 UTC)

Technical Summary

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.

Potential Impact

Severity is HIGH (CVSS 7.2). Depending on deployment context, affected components may be exposed to unauthorized actions or data integrity risk.

Exploitability Assessment

Exploitability is assessed as Medium based on severity and technical exposure profile.

Primary risk drivers: severity and technical exposure profile

Mitigation Recommendations

Validate affected product versions, prioritize patching, and monitor references for vendor remediation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, apply compensating controls and limit exposure of vulnerable surfaces.

Detection & Monitoring

Track authentication anomalies, unexpected file writes, and suspicious plugin API activity around affected components.

Business Impact Lens

AI risk score 66/100 (Elevated, Medium) with priority P3 Priority. Prioritize remediation where affected components process customer data, admin sessions, or Internet-exposed workflows.

Related Vulnerabilities

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Capability Manager Enhanced - Security Vulnerability (CVE-2026-48197) CVE-2026-48197 Published 2026-10-06 New Capability Manager Enhanced - Privilege Escalation (CVE-2026-75927) CVE-2026-75927 Published 2026-09-09 Capability Manager Enhanced - Broken Access Control (CVE-2026-32394) CVE-2026-32394 Published 2026-03-13 PublishPress Capabilities - PHP Object Injection (CVE-2022-3366) CVE-2022-3366 Published 2022-10-31 PublishPress Capabilities - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) (CVE-2021-25032) CVE-2021-25032 Published 2022-01-10

References

What to do about this

Patch promptly The consequence is significant even where an attacker needs a foothold first.

Fix it

Update Capability Manager Enhanced to the latest available version.

Where the vendor has not published a fix yet, disable the plugin until they do.

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Am I affected by this vulnerability?

You are affected if your site runs Capability Manager Enhanced.

How do I fix it?

Update Capability Manager Enhanced to the latest available version. Where the vendor has not yet published a fix, remove or disable the plugin until they do. Until you can update, Unauthorised administrator detection in Hack Halt ProSecure contains this class of attack at the request layer.

What can an attacker actually do?

This is a Privilege Escalation flaw. An attacker who exploits it can raise a low-privilege account, or none at all, to administrator.

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