Vulnerability record · CVE-2021-25032 · published 10 January 2022

CVE-2021-25032: Publishpress capabilities cross-site request forgery vulnerability

Publishpress · Capabilities

The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 6.7% · top 6.3% CWE-352 · Cross-site request forgeryCWE-862 · Missing authorization

9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5

6.7%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days

NoNot in CISA KEV

1Affected product versions listed by NVD

4References, 2 tagged exploit

17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

Capabilities Publishpress

References

Link	Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2640161	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f0f1a32-0c7a-48e6-8617-e0b2dcf62727	ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2021-25032), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.