CVE-2026-77003
LowCVSS 2.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk19th percentile - higher than 19% of all known CVEs
Summary
The Content Mask WordPress plugin before version 1.8.5.5 does not check the capability required to publish the post type being created, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish posts and pages without holding the publish capability.
Risk Assessment
Users with low privileges can publish content on the site, potentially leading to unauthorized publications or content modifications.
Recommendation
Update the Content Mask plugin to version 1.8.5.5 or later, which fixes the capability check issue.
Other vulnerabilities in Content Mask
See all- CVE-2025-15690Medium
The Content Mask WordPress plugin before version 1.8.5.6 does not properly sanitise and escape content submitted with a post before outputting it in the pages it generates. This allows users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against any user viewing or previewing the affected page. The option to restrict its use by role does not prevent this.
- CVE-2025-58011Medium
The Content Mask plugin by Alex has a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability that allows making server-side requests. Affects versions up to and including 1.8.5.2.
Original NVD description (English source)
The Content Mask WordPress plugin before 1.8.5.5 does not check the capability required to publish the post type being created, allowing users with a role as low as Contributor to publish posts and pages on the site without holding the publish capability.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS