# 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.

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:33 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `press-permit-core`
- Author: PublishPress
- Version: 5.0.0
- Active installs: 10,000+
- Last update: 2026-11-13 (1 day ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 5.5, PHP 8.2
- Tags: access-control, content permissions, permissions, restrict, User Access
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/press-permit-core/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 1 day ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.2 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-02 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Insecure Direct Object Reference (up to 4.8.3). CVE-2026-84771, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/149f5463-8777-4906-b87e-14f5b8178763?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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