CVE-2026-121875 Post Duplicator < 3.0.18 - Admin+ Privilege Escalation via Unvalidated Capability Assignment
High 7.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-121875 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-121875 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Post Duplicator, published on 9 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-121875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Unknown Post Duplicator. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-121875/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-121875/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-121875?
CVE-2026-121875 is a high-severity vulnerability in Unknown Post Duplicator, published on 9 Nov 2026.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-121875?
How do I fix CVE-2026-121875?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-121875 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-121875 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-121875 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xf49-c2ph-74x9.