---
id: CVE-2026-87784
title: >-
  Cool Media Filter <= 1.0.1 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via
  role_permission
summary: >-
  The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform any
  capability or nonce check when updating the capabilities of a role, allowing
  any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant their own role
  administrator ca…
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: adp
cwe:
  - CWE-269
product: Cool Media Filter
affected:
  - cool_media_filter <= 1.0.1
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: total
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T11:44:42.802685Z'
published: '2026-11-06'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T11:57:13.588Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-87784'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/16788a03-d95b-4675-868a-dd56cc3365b6/'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T06:46:27.275Z'
epss: 0.00232
epssPercentile: 0.14143
---

## Overview

The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform any capability or nonce check when updating the capabilities of a role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant their own role administrator capabilities and take over the site.

## Affected

- `cool_media_filter <= 1.0.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.