Cross-site scripting in strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpro_member_profile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| strangerstudios | Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions | up to 3.8.1 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions Vendorstrangerstudios Affected up to 3.8.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:strangerstudios:paid_memberships_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | strangerstudios |
- cpe:2.3:a:strangerstudios:paid_memberships_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·strangerstudios
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15016
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-29wc-fx5p-m6r7
References
More strangerstudios vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-09323 SQL injection in Paid Memberships Pro WordPress Plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2021-07392 Paid Memberships Pro < 2.6.7 - Unauthenticated Blind SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00598 Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.12 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-05682 Paid Memberships Pro <= 2.12.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-04426 Paid Memberships Pro < 2.9.9 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-01197 Paid Memberships Pro - Member Directory Add On < 1.2.6 - Contributor+ Sensitive Information Disclosure via SQLi CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-15016 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15016 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-29wc-fx5p-m6r7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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