CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15016

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The Paid Memberships Pro plugin for WordPress up to version 3.8.1 is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Readonly User Field in the [pmpro_member_profile_edit] shortcode due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher can inject arbitrary scripts that execute when a user visits the affected page.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can inject malicious scripts that execute in the browser of any visitor, potentially leading to session theft, redirects, or data theft.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Paid Memberships Pro plugin to the latest available version that contains the fix for this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpro_member_profile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS