CVE-2026-121875 PUBLISHED

Post Duplicator < 3.0.18 - Admin+ Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Capability Assignment

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 04.11.2026 Published: 09.11.2026 Updated: 09.11.2026

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.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product Post Duplicator
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.0.18 (excl.)

Credits

  • Karthik Ramakrishnan finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE