Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running vulnerable plugin
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DeliverySend crafted unauthenticated HTTP request
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ExploitSpoof/bypass plugin auth check (CWE-290)
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ExecutionAccess or alter protected resource
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ImpactLimited integrity impact (I:L)
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Anti-spoofing controls
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires only that a target WordPress site run Paid Member Subscriptions plugin version 3.0.9 or earlier; per the CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) exploitation is remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity, and needs no user interaction against a default installation. The limiting factors are impact scope rather than access: the flaw yields only a LOW integrity effect with no confidentiality or availability impact (C:N/A:N), so the realistic outcome is bypassing a specific membership/access-control gate rather than full compromise. The exact feature or protected resource affected is not specified in the available advisory data. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N describes a remotely reachable, low-complexity flaw requiring no authentication or user interaction, but whose only impact is a LOW integrity effect (C:N/A:N). CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing) combined with the 'Unauthenticated Bypass' title indicates an attacker can circumvent an access/authentication control to reach or alter something they should not, though the constrained I:L and null confidentiality/availability suggest a scoped bypass (e.g., bypassing a specific membership/paywall gate or protected content restriction) rather than a full account takeover or admin compromise. There is no EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public exploit provided in the input, so this is not confirmed as actively exploited; no SSVC decision data is supplied. Net assessment: a legitimate unauthenticated remote weakness worth patching, but the low technical impact and absence of exploitation signals place it below high-CVSS/high-urgency issues. The single Patchstack reference provides no affected-parameter, endpoint, or sink detail, so the exact bypass mechanism cannot be verified from available data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker sends a crafted HTTP request to a WordPress site running Paid Member Subscriptions <= 3.0.9, spoofing or omitting a value that the plugin trusts for access decisions, thereby bypassing a membership/access-control check to reach or manipulate protected functionality. Because the vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no credentials, victim interaction, or special timing are needed. No public proof-of-concept was identified in the provided intelligence. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 30, 2026
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass a membership/access-control check in the WordPress plugin Paid Member Subscriptions (CozmoLabs) at versions 3.0.9 and earlier, allowing protected content or functionality to be reached without valid membership credentials. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3 (Medium) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N confirms the attack is remote, low-complexity, requires no authentication or user interaction against a default installation, but is capped at a LOW integrity-only impact with no confidentiality or availability effect. Reported by Patchstack; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the flaw is not in CISA KEV.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fixed version number is identified in the provided intelligence, so confirm the current patched release directly against the Patchstack advisory before upgrading and do not assume 3.0.9 is the last affected build. Until a patched version is confirmed, prioritize compensating controls: if the site does not depend on membership gating, deactivate and remove the Paid Member Subscriptions plugin (side effect: all member areas, subscriptions, and shortcode-driven content disappear), or place the protected content behind an independent authentication layer such as a reverse-proxy HTTP auth or a separate membership plugin (side effect: added login friction, session management, and possible duplication of subscription records). Deploy a WAF or virtual-patching rule that blocks requests to the plugin's gating endpoints when they arrive without a valid WordPress session cookie (side effect: false positives for legitimate logged-in members and a maintenance burden as plugin routes change), and review recent access logs plus membership records for unauthorized access to gated content, since the required signature is low-complexity and unauthenticated. Track the Patchstack advisory link for the eventual fixed version and apply it immediately once published.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause class is CWE-290 (Authentication Bypass by Spoofing): the plugin relies on a client-controllable attribute or identifier to decide whether a visitor holds a valid subscription, so a crafted request can present itself as an authorized member without ever authenticating. The affected component is the CozmoLabs Paid Member Subscriptions WordPress plugin, fingerprinted by CPE cpe:2.3:a:cozmoslabs:paid_member_subscriptions:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, and the flaw sits in the plugin's gating logic for member-only content, shortcodes, and protected resources rather than in WordPress core authentication. Because the vector is PR:N/UI:N with AC:L, the bypass is reachable directly over HTTP by an unauthenticated remote client, but the C:N/I:L/A:N impact profile means exploitation substitutes an unauthorized visitor for a legitimate subscriber at a specific access gate rather than yielding administrative control, code execution, or data disclosure. The exact protected resource or feature whose check can be spoofed is not specified in the available advisory data.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Unauthenticated remote auth-bypass (CWE-290) needs no privileges or interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to a scoped integrity bypass (I:L), no confidentiality or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Bypass Vulnerability in Paid Member Subscriptions <= 3.0.9 versions.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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