CVE-2026-87784highCWE-269

CVE-2026-87784: high-severity vulnerability in Cool Media Filter

Cool Media Filter <= 1.0.1 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via role_permission

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41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 8.8epss 0.2%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Unknown · Cool Media Filter
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