CVE-2026-77203 WordPress Groups – Memberships and Access Control - Privilege Escalation

WordPress Groups – Memberships and Access Control plugin <= 4.6.0 contains a privilege escalation caused by improper capability checks in groups_join() using ambient post author instead of authenticated user, letting authenticated attackers escalate privileges to Administrator by self-enrolling in privileged groups, exploit requires supplying an Administrator-authored post ID.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Required
EPSS
0.33% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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