CVE-2026-14848: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in Paid Membership Subscriptions
A vulnerability in the Paid Membership Subscriptions WordPress plugin before version 3.0.8 allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify another member's subscription without proper verification. This improper access control issue enables overwriting the subscription's plan, status, and expiration details.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-14848 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in the Paid Membership Subscriptions WordPress plugin prior to version 3.0.8. The plugin fails to verify that the subscription being modified during the change-subscription checkout process belongs to the current authenticated user. As a result, any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or above can take over another member's subscription and alter its plan, status, and expiration attributes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized modification of subscription details by authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher. This can lead to integrity issues such as unauthorized subscription plan changes, status updates, or expiration manipulations. There is no direct confidentiality impact reported, but availability may be affected due to subscription status changes.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict Subscriber-level user permissions where possible and monitor for suspicious subscription modifications.
CVE-2026-14848: CWE-284 Improper Access Control in Paid Membership Subscriptions
Description
A vulnerability in the Paid Membership Subscriptions WordPress plugin before version 3.0.8 allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify another member's subscription without proper verification. This improper access control issue enables overwriting the subscription's plan, status, and expiration details.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.4medium
Affected software
Paid Membership Subscriptions
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-14848 is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) in the Paid Membership Subscriptions WordPress plugin prior to version 3.0.8. The plugin fails to verify that the subscription being modified during the change-subscription checkout process belongs to the current authenticated user. As a result, any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or above can take over another member's subscription and alter its plan, status, and expiration attributes.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows unauthorized modification of subscription details by authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher. This can lead to integrity issues such as unauthorized subscription plan changes, status updates, or expiration manipulations. There is no direct confidentiality impact reported, but availability may be affected due to subscription status changes.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Until an official fix is available, restrict Subscriber-level user permissions where possible and monitor for suspicious subscription modifications.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-07-06T11:38:59.458Z
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a7187cebf32cb7a34e19ab7
Added to database: 08/04/2026, 06:33:50 UTC
Last enriched: 08/11/2026, 18:12:39 UTC
Last updated: 09/17/2026, 22:01:33 UTC
Views: 36
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