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.
History

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-266
CWE-284

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
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
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-11-06T06:00:26.902Z

Updated: 2026-11-06T06:00:26.902Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-87784

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-87784

cve-icon Redhat

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