WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.5.4.4 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Unprotected Files
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.
Summary
The WP-Members Membership Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file access in versions up to, and including, 3.5.4.4. This is due to storing user-uploaded files in predictable directories (wp-content/uploads/wpmembers/user_files/<user_id>/) without implementing proper access controls beyond basic directory listing protection (.htaccess with Options -Indexes). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to directly access and download sensitive documents uploaded by site users via direct URL access, granted they can guess or enumerate user IDs and filenames.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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-2025-12648
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5cxq-3v7p-39j8
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9d0154fd-0cab-4445-a92e-c44ae9931479?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-members/trunk/includes/class-wp-members-forms.php#L604
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-members/trunk/includes/admin/class-wp-members-admin-api.php#L707
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3427043/wp-members/trunk/includes/class-wp-members-forms.php
More cbutlerjr vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-01724 WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.4.9.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2019-11755 The wp-members plugin before 3.2.8 for WordPress has CSRF. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-02728 WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.4.9.3 - Unprotected Storage of Potentially Sensitive Files CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2017-01512 Cross-site scripting in Chad Butler WP-Members CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-01999 WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.5.5.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection via 'order_by' Shortcode Attribute CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-04123 WP-Members <= 3.5.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via wpmem_user_memberships Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2025-12648 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-12648 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5cxq-3v7p-39j8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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