CVE-2026-28183

✕ Withdrawn — historical dataHIGHPre-NVD 7.2Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.2CVSS
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

Editor Privilege Escalation in PublishPress Capabilities <= 2.45.0 versions.

CVSS v3
7.2
EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedThis CVE record was withdrawn by its numbering authority, so there is no vulnerability to rate.
EG Score
—
EG Risk
—
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
37th
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Privilege Escalation in WordPress PublishPress Capabilities Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/capability-manager-enhanced/vulnerability/wordpress-publishpress-capabilities-plugin-2-45-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28183(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 19× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-04 05:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-01 01:47 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-01 01:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-30 15:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-28 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 00:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-25 04:26 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-25 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-22 01:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-18 22:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-16 03:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-13 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-10 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-07 18:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-04 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-01 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-29 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-26 16:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-23 21:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-21 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-18 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-12 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-09 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-07 02:55 UTCEG score recompute▼ 7.20
  6. 2026-08-07 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-06 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-06 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-06 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28183?
CVE-2026-28183 is a high vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. Editor Privilege Escalation in PublishPress Capabilities <= 2.45.0 versions.
When was CVE-2026-28183 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28183 was first published on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28183 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28183 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (37th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28183?
CVE-2026-28183 has a CVSS base score of 7.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28183?
No fix for CVE-2026-28183 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-28183 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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