WCFM Membership <= 2.10.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
THe WCFM Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 2.10.0, due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_nopriv_wcfm_ajax_controller AJAX action that controls membership settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the membership registration form in a way that allows them to set the role for registration to that of any user including administrators. Once configured, the attacker can then register as an administrator.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4939
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qxmh-28j4-pv6f
References
More wclovers Wcfm Membership vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-02134 Authorization bypass in wclovers WCFM Membership – WooCommerce Memberships for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-04531 WCFM Membership <= 2.10.0 - Missing Authorization CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2022-04532 WCFM Membership <= 2.9.10 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-4939 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-4939 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qxmh-28j4-pv6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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