CVE-2025-11835: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in cozmoslabs Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability and validation check on the PMS_AJAX_Checkout_Handler::process_payment() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.16.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger stored auto-renew charges for arbitrary members.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-11835 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction WordPress plugin by cozmoslabs. The flaw exists in the PMS_AJAX_Checkout_Handler::process_payment() function, which lacks proper capability and validation checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to initiate stored auto-renew charges on behalf of arbitrary members. This affects all versions up to and including 2.16.4. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating medium severity. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to cause unauthorized modification of data by triggering auto-renew charges for arbitrary members without permission. This could lead to unintended financial transactions being processed. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should monitor for updates from cozmoslabs and consider restricting access to the affected functionality or disabling the plugin if feasible to prevent exploitation.
CVE-2025-11835: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in cozmoslabs Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
Description
The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability and validation check on the PMS_AJAX_Checkout_Handler::process_payment() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.16.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to trigger stored auto-renew charges for arbitrary members.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-11835 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction WordPress plugin by cozmoslabs. The flaw exists in the PMS_AJAX_Checkout_Handler::process_payment() function, which lacks proper capability and validation checks, allowing unauthenticated attackers to initiate stored auto-renew charges on behalf of arbitrary members. This affects all versions up to and including 2.16.4. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.3, indicating medium severity. No vendor advisory or patch information is currently available.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability enables unauthenticated attackers to cause unauthorized modification of data by triggering auto-renew charges for arbitrary members without permission. This could lead to unintended financial transactions being processed. There is no indication of confidentiality or availability impact. No known active exploitation has been reported.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is released, users should monitor for updates from cozmoslabs and consider restricting access to the affected functionality or disabling the plugin if feasible to prevent exploitation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-10-15T21:48:26.282Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 690ac97016b8dcb1e3eaa161
Added to database: 11/05/2025, 03:50:08 UTC
Last enriched: 04/09/2026, 09:11:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 235
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