What is CVE-2026-87784?

CVE-2026-87784 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cool Media Filter, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-87784?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Cool Media Filter

CVE-2026-87784

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.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2026-11-06 · last modified 2026-11-06.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Cool Media Filter

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/16788a03-d95b-4675-868a-dd56cc3365b6/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-87784?: CVE-2026-87784 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cool Media Filter, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-87784?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.