Description
WordPress Plugin PublishPress Capabilities-User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus is prone to a security bypass vulnerability. Exploiting this issue may allow attackers to perform otherwise restricted actions and subsequently update arbitrary plugin options. WordPress Plugin PublishPress Capabilities-User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus version 2.3 is vulnerable; prior versions may also be affected.
Remediation
Update to plugin version 2.3.1 or latest
References
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2021/12/massive-wordpress-attack-campaign/
https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/capability-manager-enhanced/trunk/readme.txt
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