title: PublishPress Capabilities < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Options Update to Blog Compromise
description: The PublishPress Capabilities WordPress plugin before 2.3.1, PublishPress Capabilities Pro WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating the plugin's settings via the init hook, and does not ensure that the options to be updated belong to the plugin. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could update arbitrary blog options, such as the default role and make any new registered user with an administrator role.
problem types: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
affected:
{
vendor: Unknown
product: PublishPress Capabilities – User Role Access, Editor Permissions, Admin Menus
versions:
version: 2.0, status: affected, lessThan: 2.0*, versionType: custom
version: 2.3.1, status: affected, lessThan: 2.3.1, versionType: custom
}
{
vendor: Unknown
product: PublishPress Capabilities Pro
versions:
version: 2.0, status: affected, lessThan: 2.0*, versionType: custom
version: 2.3.1, status: affected, lessThan: 2.3.1, versionType: custom
}
