CVE-2022-4939
WCFM Membership <= 2.10.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
- Published
- Apr 5, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 80.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2022-4939, a WordPress plugin vulnerability allowing privilege escalation to administrator via crafted AJAX request.
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