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Paid Member Subscriptions CVE-2026-119521

| EUVDEUVD-2026-116070 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-11-03 Patchstack
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privilege user
  2. Delivery
    Submit crafted input to plugin field
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored without sanitization
  4. Execution
    Victim/admin views affected page
  5. Impact
    Script executes in victim browser context

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

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Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with at least low-level privileges (PR:L) capable of submitting input that the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin stores and later renders - the available sources do not name the exact field, form, or admin/front-end page carrying the injectable input, so the precise trigger is not described in the available sources. Realization of the attack additionally requires a second user (victim or administrator) to view the page containing the stored payload (UI:R), which limits reliability and timing. These factors - required authentication, required victim interaction, and dependence on the attacker having an account on the target WordPress site - meaningfully constrain exploitation despite the network attack vector. Affected scope is Paid Member Subscriptions versions up to and including 3.1.3.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity stored Cross-Site Scripting flaw (CVSS 6.5) in the Cozmoslabs Paid Member Subscriptions WordPress plugin. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation that requires some authenticated privilege (PR:L) and a victim's interaction (UI:R) to trigger the stored payload; the scope change (S:C) reflects that injected script executes in another user's browser/security context. No EPSS score is provided, so statistical exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified. It is NOT on the CISA KEV list and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis - only a Patchstack database reference, which is a PoC reference that is not verified as working exploit code. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', consistent with a real but non-emergency priority: a plugin flaw worth remediating in the normal patch cycle rather than an active-exploitation fire drill. The practical risk is bounded by the need for pre-existing authenticated access to store the payload and for a victim to view the affected page, so this is a genuine but moderate priority rather than a high-urgency issue.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated low-privilege user (as required by PR:L) submits a crafted input containing a malicious script into a field rendered by the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin, where it is stored without proper neutralization. When another user or an administrator later views the page containing that stored input (satisfying UI:R), the script executes in their browser session. A public PoC reference exists via Patchstack; it is not verified as working exploit code.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet

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AnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in Cozmoslabs Paid Member Subscriptions through version 3.1.3 allows an authenticated user with low-level privileges to inject script that executes when another user or administrator views the affected page. The plugin does not properly neutralize input during web page generation (CWE-79), and exploitation requires victim interaction with the stored payload, which limits reliability. No public exploit was identified at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The provided data does not list an exact fixed version; update the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin to a release later than 3.1.3 once the vendor publishes it, and verify the current fixed version in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/paid-member-subscriptions/vulnerability/wordpress-paid-member-subscriptions-plugin-3-1-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Because exploitation requires an authenticated low-privilege account and a second user viewing the stored payload, reducing unnecessary low-privilege accounts and reviewing which users can submit data to the plugin can lower exposure while a fixed release is applied, but these are compensating measures rather than a complete fix.

Affected VersionsENISA

Paid Member Subscriptions 0 ≤3.1.3

Affected Packages

euvd paid_member_subscriptions no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

CWE-79 covers improper neutralization of user-controllable input before it is placed in output served as a web page. In this WordPress plugin, the flaw is stored XSS: input submitted by an authenticated low-privilege user is persisted by Paid Member Subscriptions and later rendered without adequate encoding or sanitization, so script executes in the browser of a second user who views the affected page. The CVSS:3.1 vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L reflects network reachability, low attack complexity in the assessed vector, a requirement for an authenticated low-privilege account, required user interaction, scope change, and low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:paid_member_subscriptions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers the plugin broadly, while the advisory narrows affected releases to those through 3.1.3. The provided sources do not name the exact field, form, or page that stores and renders the injectable input, so the precise trigger is not described in the available sources.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Authenticated low-privilege user stores the payload (PR:L), a victim must load the page (UI:R), and script runs in the victim's context across a trust boundary (S:C) with limited C/I/A impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Cozmoslabs Paid Member Subscriptions paid-member-subscriptions allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Paid Member Subscriptions: from n/a through 3.1.3.

Threat Intelligence Overview

Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress membership plugin, common but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
2 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS N/A
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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