The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform any capability or nonce check when updating the capabilities of a role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant their own role administrator capabilities and take over the site.

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Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-266
CWE-284

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform any capability or nonce check when updating the capabilities of a role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant their own role administrator capabilities and take over the site.
Title Cool Media Filter <= 1.0.1 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via role_permission
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T11:57:13.588Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T09:19:22.934Z

Link: CVE-2026-87784

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-11-06T06:16:44.363

Modified: 2026-11-06T20:09:13.780

Link: CVE-2026-87784

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-06T14:15:04Z

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