Improper privilege management in Wishlist Member
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Privilege escalation
- 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-269.
Summary
The WishList Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Missing Authorization in versions up to and including 3.30.1. This is due to the missing capability and nonce check in the ajax_get_screen() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to supply an arbitrary admin screen identifier via the data[url] parameter, causing the plugin to load and execute the administrative API configuration template without authorization. The rendered HTML, which contains the plugin's plaintext REST API Secret Key, is returned directly to the attacker in the AJAX JSON response. An attacker who obtains this key can authenticate to the WishList Member API, create a new membership level assigned the administrator WordPress role, and register an arbitrary administrator-level user account, resulting in complete site takeover.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wishlist Member | Wishlist Member | up to 3.30.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Wishlist Member VendorWishlist Member Affected up to 3.30.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-6419
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-49p8-c5g6-5pj6
References
More Wishlist Member vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-11022 Wishlist Member X <= 3.34.1 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via 'mergewith' Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-24640 WordPress WishList Member X plugin < 3.26.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary SQL Query Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-06047 Improper privilege management in Wishlist Member CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06046 Improper privilege management in Wishlist Member CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06044 Improper privilege management in Wishlist Member CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-19815 WordPress WishList Member X plugin <= 3.29.0 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-6419 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-6419 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-49p8-c5g6-5pj6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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