WCFM Membership <= 2.10.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation

Vulnerability Description

THe WCFM Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including 2.10.0, due to a missing capability check on the wp_ajax_nopriv_wcfm_ajax_controller AJAX action that controls membership settings. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify the membership registration form in a way that allows them to set the role for registration to that of any user including administrators. Once configured, the attacker can then register as an administrator.

References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0870de2d-bca5-4d57-a07f-877a416ce0d5?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2633191%40wc-multivendor-membership&new=2633191%40wc-multivendor-membership&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=