The Content Mask WordPress plugin before 1.8.5.5 does not check the capability required to publish the post type being created, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish posts and pages on the site without holding the publish capability.
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Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Content Mask Project
Content Mask Project content Mask
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Content Mask Project
Content Mask Project content Mask
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 2.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description The Content Mask WordPress plugin before 1.8.5.5 does not check the capability required to publish the post type being created, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish posts and pages on the site without holding the publish capability.
Title Content Mask 1.8.0 - 1.8.5.4 - Contributor Publish Capability Bypass via create_new_content_mask
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:33:37.780Z

Reserved: 2026-08-20T07:27:14.074Z

Link: CVE-2026-77003

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T15:24:17.609Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-23T06:17:23.720

Modified: 2026-08-23T16:16:38.817

Link: CVE-2026-77003

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T20:00:06Z

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