Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged WordPress user
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ExploitSend request to unprotected plugin action
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactTamper with membership data
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 | Exploitation requires an authenticated session on the target WordPress site (CVSS PR:L), so the attacker must first obtain at least a low-privilege account such as a registered customer or vendor on the WCFM Membership-enabled marketplace; the flaw is a missing/incorrectly configured authorization check (CWE-862) reachable over the network with no user interaction. The specific plugin feature, action, or endpoint lacking the check is not described in the available sources. Limiting factors: the required low-privilege authentication (not fully unauthenticated), the capped impact (integrity-only, no confidentiality or availability loss), and the fact that the deployment must be running an affected version (n/a through 2.12.0). |
| Impact | This is a genuine but low-urgency issue, not a high-CVSS emergency. The CVSS base score is only 4.3 (Medium), and the vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N shows the realistic ceiling: network-reachable and low-complexity, but requiring at least low-level authenticated access (PR:L) and yielding only a low integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', consistent with a moderate, non-critical priority. There is no CISA KEV listing, so this is not confirmed as actively exploited; no EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation-probability cannot be quantified here; and the single reference is a Patchstack database advisory, not published exploit code. The signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting - a Missing Authorization (CWE-862) flaw requiring a logged-in account and granting only limited integrity tampering. The main caveat is that the exact mechanism (which endpoint/action lacks the authorization check) is not described in the available sources, and no EPSS value is present, so any exploitation-likelihood judgment is based on the vector and CWE alone. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who already holds a low-privileged authenticated account on a WooCommerce marketplace running WCFM Membership (for example a registered customer or vendor) sends a request to a plugin action that fails to properly verify authorization, letting them modify membership-related data they should not be able to change. No user interaction or elevated privileges are required beyond the initial low-privilege login. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis; a Patchstack advisory exists but is not verified as working exploit code. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Nov 03, 2026
Missing authorization in the WC Lovers WCFM Membership WordPress plugin (wc-multivendor-membership) through 2.12.0 lets a low-privilege authenticated user - for example a registered customer or vendor on a WCFM-powered marketplace - perform actions that should require higher privileges, producing an integrity-only impact (CVSS 4.3, PR:L, no confidentiality or availability loss). Exploitation requires a valid account on the target site and is reachable over the network without user interaction; the specific plugin feature, action or endpoint lacking the check is not described in the available sources. There is no KEV entry and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the priority is 'this_month' rather than emergency - a genuine but low-urgency issue.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the available data - the affected range is stated only as through 2.12.0 - so check the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wc-multivendor-membership/vulnerability/wordpress-wcfm-membership-plugin-2-12-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability-2 (and the plugin's WordPress.org release history) for a version above 2.12.0 and upgrade to it as soon as one is published. Because the flaw requires only a low-privilege authenticated session (PR:L), the practical compensating controls are account-centric: temporarily disable or tightly gate vendor/customer self-registration and manually vet new marketplace accounts so untrusted users cannot obtain the low-privilege foothold the exploit needs (trade-off: onboarding friction and manual review overhead); audit existing users and strip vendor/membership roles from anyone who does not need them (trade-off: administrative effort on large marketplaces); and, if the affected membership endpoints are known to your deployment, restrict them at the web server/WAF to trusted roles or IP ranges (trade-off: possible breakage of legitimate membership flows, and it does not fix the missing capability check itself). Updating the plugin remains the only complete fix.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The target is a WordPress plugin, WCFM Membership (CPE cpe:2.3:a:wc_lovers:wcfm_membership), an extension of the WCFM multivendor marketplace suite that governs membership tiers, vendor/customer roles and related access rules. The root cause class is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): a function or action handler reachable over HTTP does not verify that the requesting user holds the capability or role required for the operation, so a merely authenticated low-privilege account can invoke it. In WordPress terms this normally means an absent or incorrect current_user_can() capability check (and/or nonce validation) on a plugin endpoint; the supplied sources do not identify which hook, AJAX action or REST route is affected, so the precise trigger is not described in the available sources. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) confirms network reachability, no user interaction, and that the required privilege is low but non-zero - this is not an unauthenticated bypass. Reported by Patchstack and mapped to WordPress/authentication-bypass style access-control tags, the flaw is bounded to integrity impact within the plugin's own scope (S:U).
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Network-reachable missing authorization requiring a low-privilege account (PR:L), low complexity, no UI; impact limited to integrity tampering (I:L) with no confidentiality or availability effect.
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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