Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running WCFM Membership ≤2.12.0
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ExploitSend unauthenticated request to unprotected endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactPerform unauthorized modification (integrity impact)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The affected product is the WCFM Membership (wc-multivendor-membership) WordPress plugin in all versions up to and including 2.12.0. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) indicates no authentication and no user interaction are required against a network-reachable WordPress site running the plugin. The description attributes the flaw to 'Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels' (missing authorization), but the specific feature, endpoint, or action lacking the authorization check is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors: impact is confined to integrity (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect, and exploitation requires the vulnerable WCFM Membership plugin to be installed and active; no fixed version is stated in the provided data. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Missing Authorization flaw (CWE-862) with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), meaning the official vector describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity issue requiring no authentication (PR:N) and no user interaction, but with only limited integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability impact. The signals are not in conflict so much as uniformly moderate: no EPSS exploitation-probability score is provided in the input, the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV (so it is not confirmed actively exploited), and no SSVC/automatable determination is supplied. The only priority signal is the vuln.today Decision label of 'this_month', which is consistent with a real-but-not-emergency issue rather than an act_now/emergency item. The single reference is a Patchstack advisory page, not verified working exploit code. Net assessment: a genuine unauthenticated broken-access-control bug worth patching on a normal cycle, but the limited integrity-only impact (C:N/A:N) and absence of exploitation evidence argue against treating it as a drop-everything emergency. Note that EPSS is missing, so widespread-exploitation likelihood cannot be quantified from the available data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends a crafted request to a vulnerable endpoint of the WCFM Membership plugin whose access-control check is missing or misconfigured, performing an action or modifying data they should not be authorized to touch. Because the CVSS vector is PR:N/UI:N with only I:L impact, the realistic outcome is limited unauthorized modification rather than full data theft or site takeover. No public exploit is identified in the input, and the exact vulnerable action is not described in the available sources. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Missing authorization checks in the WC Lovers WCFM Membership WordPress plugin, in all versions up to and including 2.12.0, allow unauthenticated remote attackers to reach plugin functionality that should be gated by an access-control decision, with the official vector (CVSS 3.1 5.3, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) describing only limited integrity impact and no confidentiality or availability effect. The flaw is classified CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), and the specific feature, endpoint or action that lacks the check is not described in the available sources. No CISA KEV entry and no public exploit code were identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is rated 'this_month' in the priority decision signal rather than act-now urgency.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch is identified in the provided data and no fixed version is stated, so the primary action is to track the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wc-multivendor-membership/vulnerability/wordpress-wcfm-membership-plugin-2-12-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability) for the first version confirmed to carry the authorization fix and upgrade to it as soon as it is published. Because the advisory does not identify the specific endpoint or capability left unchecked, targeted hardening cannot be pointed at a named route; the practical compensating options are to deactivate and remove the plugin on sites that do not need WCFM membership functionality (side effect: loss of membership registration and role management until reinstalled), or to front the site with a WAF or reverse-proxy rule set restricting anonymous POST/action traffic to plugin paths (side effect: legitimate front-end membership flows can break and require tuning). Reviewing the plugin's request handlers for missing capability or nonce checks and adding those checks in a maintained fork is the code-level alternative where deactivation is not viable (side effect: custom patches must be re-applied on every update and are not supported by the vendor).
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Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is the WordPress plugin wc-multivendor-membership (WCFM Membership) from vendor WC Lovers, mapped via CPE cpe:2.3:a:wc_lovers:wcfm_membership:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with a wildcard version range, indicating every release through 2.12.0 is in scope. The root cause class is CWE-862, Missing Authorization: a code path that performs an action or exposes data without verifying that the caller holds the required capability or nonce, which in the WordPress ecosystem typically means a registered REST route, admin-ajax action, or form handler that omits a current_user_can() or capability check. The supplied evidence does not state how the flaw is triggered, which endpoint is affected, or which capability is missing; the CVSS vector only establishes that the issue is network-reachable, low complexity, requires no privileges (PR:N) and no user interaction (UI:N), with scope unchanged. Impact is bounded to integrity (I:L), so the practical consequence is unauthorised modification or state change rather than data disclosure or denial of service. Patchstack is credited as the reporting source.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Missing authorization reachable remotely without auth or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to unauthorized modification (I:L), with no confidentiality or availability effect per the sparse description.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WC Lovers WCFM Membership wc-multivendor-membership allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WCFM Membership: from n/a through 2.12.0.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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