WP Vulnerability WatchVulnerability data as of September 10, 2026

Known vulnerabilities in PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access

The permissions plugin for posts, pages, categories, tags and more. You can control permissions for roles, individual users, and even custom groups.

1Reported vulnerabilities
5.3Highest CVSS score
4.8.4Latest version
10,000+Active installs

What to do now

Update PublishPress Permissions: Access Control, Content Permissions, User Access to 4.8.4 or later. 1 of these have a fixed version available. Updating resolves them.

Plugin last updated: September 7, 2026 / Tested up to WordPress: 7.1 / View on wordpress.org

Reported vulnerabilities

Ordered by how urgently they need attention — whether a vulnerability is actually being exploited, and how likely exploitation is, rather than CVSS severity alone.

CVESeverityExploit probability
next 30 days		 Affected versionsFixed inPublished
CVE-2026-84771 Medium 5.3 0.2% 4.8.3 and earlier 4.8.4 September 2, 2026

Sources: vulnerability records from NVD, exploitation from CISA KEV, exploit probability from EPSS. Affected versions come from CPE ranges or from the reporting CNA.