WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Post Duplicator < 3.0.18 - Admin+ Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Capability Assignment
Description
The plugin 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.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
Fixed in 3.0.18 References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-11-06 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-11-06 (about 2 days ago)
