Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as vendor-level user
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DeliverySend crafted wcfmvm_membership_change AJAX request
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ExploitSubstitute target user ID and plan
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ExecutionServer skips ownership check (IDOR)
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ImpactVictim role reassigned to wcfm_vendor
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already hold an authenticated account with vendor-level access or above on a site running WCFM Membership 2.11.10 or earlier, and the site must expose the multivendor membership functionality (the 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX action). The specific abused feature is the membership-plan change flow, which reassigns WordPress roles; the attacker manipulates the user-identifier parameter to target another account. Limiting factors: the flaw is not unauthenticated (PR:L confirms a valid vendor login is needed), so sites that do not grant vendor accounts to untrusted parties or that gate vendor onboarding behind manual approval materially reduce exposure; there is no user-interaction requirement (UI:N) and no confidentiality impact, and the outcome is constrained to setting the victim's role to 'wcfm_vendor' rather than an arbitrary role. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring only low privileges (PR:L, i.e. authenticated vendor-level access) and no user interaction, with high integrity and availability impact but no confidentiality impact. This aligns with the description: an existing marketplace vendor can escalate/alter roles but does not directly read protected data. No EPSS score, KEV listing, POC, or SSVC decision data was provided, so probabilistic and active-exploitation signals are absent - this should be treated as a real but not confirmed-exploited issue. The A:H rating is arguable: reassigning an administrator to 'wcfm_vendor' could strip their privileges (an availability/integrity effect), but a simple role change is more naturally an integrity impact, so the availability weighting may be inflated. Overall this is a genuine authorization flaw on any multivendor site that grants vendor accounts to semi-trusted third parties, though the requirement for a pre-existing vendor account limits the attacker population versus a fully unauthenticated flaw. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or purchases a low-privileged vendor account on a WCFM-powered multivendor marketplace, then sends a crafted authenticated request invoking the 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX action while substituting the target user's ID and a membership plan of their choosing. Because ownership is never validated, the server changes the victim's WordPress role to 'wcfm_vendor', letting the attacker tamper with arbitrary accounts. No public exploit code has been identified, and the attack requires an existing authenticated vendor session (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jul 08, 2026
Privilege escalation via Insecure Direct Object Reference in the WCFM Membership (WooCommerce Memberships for Multivendor Marketplace) WordPress plugin versions up to and including 2.11.10 lets authenticated users holding at least vendor-level access manipulate the 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX action to reassign any user's account to the 'wcfm_vendor' role by altering their membership plan. Because the action never checks whether the caller is authorized to modify the targeted user, a low-privileged marketplace vendor can tamper with arbitrary accounts. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV, but the high CVSS of 8.1 and network-reachable authenticated vector make it a meaningful multivendor-store risk.
RemediationAI
Upstream fix available (PR/commit); released patched version not independently confirmed - the corrective change is committed in the WordPress plugin SVN repository at changeset 3520777 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3520777/wc-multivendor-membership), so administrators should update WCFM Membership to the latest available release beyond 2.11.10 as soon as it is published and review the Wordfence advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8a934ccd-9330-4585-9994-838940d24980?source=cve for the confirmed fixed version. Until an update is applied, compensating controls include restricting who can obtain vendor-level accounts (for example gating vendor registration behind manual approval rather than open self-registration), monitoring WordPress user role changes and 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX activity for unexpected role assignments to 'wcfm_vendor', and using a WAF virtual patch or blocking the wcfmvm_membership_change AJAX endpoint for non-privileged accounts - the trade-off being that legitimate membership-plan changes by vendors may break if the endpoint is blocked outright.
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The affected software is WCFM Membership, an add-on to the WCFM (WC Lovers) multivendor marketplace suite for WooCommerce/WordPress, identified by the CPE cpe:2.3:a:wclovers:wcfm_membership_-_woocommerce_memberships_for_multivendor_marketplace. The root cause is CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key): the AJAX handler 'wcfmvm_membership_change', which applies a membership plan and its associated WordPress role, trusts a client-supplied user identifier without verifying that the authenticated caller has permission to modify that specific target user. In WordPress plugin architecture, AJAX actions registered via wp_ajax_ hooks must independently enforce capability and object-ownership checks; here the missing ownership validation means the user ID acts as a direct object reference an attacker can freely change to point at any account, triggering a role change to 'wcfm_vendor'.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Network AJAX action with low complexity and an existing vendor account (PR:L); high integrity from arbitrary role changes, no confidentiality, and availability rated N since a role change is fundamentally an integrity effect (NVD assigned A:H).
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The WCFM Membership - WooCommerce Memberships for Multivendor Marketplace plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.10. This is due to the 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX action not validating user permission to modify other users. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with vendor level access and above, to change any user's role to 'wcfm_vendor' by changing their membership plan.
Executive ViewAI
The WCFM Membership WordPress plugin (versions ≤2.11.10) used in WooCommerce multivendor marketplaces contains a privilege escalation vulnerability allowing any authenticated vendor to reassign arbitrary user accounts to vendor-level access without authorization. Affected marketplace operators face immediate risk of vendor-initiated account compromise and unauthorized administrative access. This vulnerability directly threatens marketplace operations, vendor relationships, and financial transactions.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: (1) Block 'wcfmvm_membership_change' AJAX action at Web Application Firewall or via WordPress security plugin until fix released; (2) Implement mandatory approval workflow for any vendor role assignments; (3) Enable real-time alerting on account role escalations; (4) Restrict direct database access for vendor accounts; (5) Consider disabling vendor-initiated membership modifications entirely pending patch availability.
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-42220
GHSA-2jfc-5xjv-8mv7
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