---
id: CVE-2026-48197
title: >-
  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.
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.
severity: high
cvss: 7.2
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-266
vendor: PublishPress
product: capability-manager-enhanced
affected:
  - capability-manager-enhanced <= 2.45.0
published: '2026-10-06'
updated: '2026-10-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-06T11:17:29.147'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48197'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/capability-manager-enhanced/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-capabilities-plugin-2-45-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    label: audit@patchstack.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-10-06T10:19:03.323841Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-06T08:50:17.439Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.