Description
The Post Duplicator WordPress plugin before 3.0.18 does not validate the capabilities assigned to roles through its permissions settings, allowing a site administrator on a multisite network who is not a Super Admin to grant any role arbitrary capabilities, including the network-management capabilities reserved to the Super Admin.
Published: 2026-11-09
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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History

Mon, 09 Nov 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Post Duplicator WordPress plugin before 3.0.18 does not validate the capabilities assigned to roles through its permissions settings, allowing a site administrator on a multisite network who is not a Super Admin to grant any role arbitrary capabilities, including the network-management capabilities reserved to the Super Admin.
Title Post Duplicator < 3.0.18 - Admin+ Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Capability Assignment
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-09T06:00:27.651Z

Reserved: 2026-11-04T10:24:24.618Z

Link: CVE-2026-121875

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-09T07:17:29.073

Modified: 2026-11-09T07:17:29.073

Link: CVE-2026-121875

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Updated: 2026-11-09T07:30:06Z

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