CVE-2026-28183

✕ Withdrawn — historical dataHIGHPre-NVD 7.2
7.2CVSS
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

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Not yet assessedThis CVE record was withdrawn by its numbering authority, so there is no vulnerability to rate.
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KEV
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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 3× in last 7d / 10× 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. 2026-08-21 02:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-18 07:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-12 16:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-09 21:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-07 02:55 UTCEG score recompute▼ 7.20
  7. 2026-08-07 02:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-06 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-06 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-06 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

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 in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28183?
CVE-2026-28183 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28183?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28183, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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