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 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Sun, 23 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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: 2026-08-23T06:00:18.068Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-77003

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-77003

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-23T07:30:03Z

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