---
id: "CVE-2026-87784"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-87784"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-87784"]
title: "Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin lets any logged-in user become site administrator"
severity: "high"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: [{"name": "cool-media-filter", "fixed": [], "affected": "<= 1.0.1", "ecosystem": "wordpress"}]
ecosystems: []
tags: ["cool-media-filter", "package", "self-hosted", "unmaintained", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "plugin-updated"]
published_at: "2026-11-06T06:16:44+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-06T06:40:12+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-06T06:44:27+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87784", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-06T06:40:12+00:00"}, {"source": "analyst", "url": "https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-media-filter/", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-06T06:44:27+00:00", "cites": ["https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-media-filter/", "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87784"]}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin lets any logged-in user become site administrator

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-87784 (this .md is for agents)

The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through version 1.0.1 does not check permissions or nonces when changing role capabilities. Any logged-in user, including a subscriber, can grant their own account administrator rights and take over the site.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- wordpress:cool-media-filter affected <= 1.0.1 fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- WordPress admin > Plugins: look for Cool Media Filter (slug cool-media-filter); any installed version (1.0.1 is the latest published) is affected.\n- With WP-CLI: wp plugin list --name=cool-media-filter\n- Check Users for unexpected administrators and review role capabilities for subscriber accounts.

## Fix

No fixed version known. 1.0.1 is the latest release on WordPress.org (last updated 2018, plugin appears unmaintained). Deactivate and delete the plugin.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-06T06:40:12+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87784
- 2026-11-06T06:44:27+00:00 analyst https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-media-filter/ — NVD page returned no text; WordPress.org plugin page shows 1.0.1 is the latest release, last updated 2018, fewer than 10 installs, so no fix exists beyond 1.0.1. No WPScan/vendor advisory found. Nothing verified (no vendor statement of no-fix). Exploitation/PoC not found.

## Documents

- [advisory] Cool Media Filter – WordPress.org plugin page https://wordpress.org/plugins/cool-media-filter/
- [describes] NVD CVE-2026-87784 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87784

## From the sources

The Cool Media Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not perform any capability or nonce check when updating the capabilities of a role, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to grant their own role administrator capabilities and take over the site.

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