CVE-2026-4949 | ProfilePress <= 4.16.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Inactive Membership Plan Subscription

The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content – ProfilePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 4.16.12. This is due to the 'process_checkout' function not properly enforcing the plan active status check when a 'change_plan_sub_id' parameter is provided. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to subscribe to inactive membership plans by supplying an arbitrary 'change_plan_sub_id' value in the checkout request.

Published: 2026-04-15 Last update: 2026-04-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-4949 is rated Low Risk (20.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-4949

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-16 0.03%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-4949

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.8 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-4949

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-4949

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-4949

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.16.10/src/Admin/SettingsPages/Membership/PlansPage/SettingsPage.php#L107
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.16.10/src/Admin/SettingsPages/Membership/views/add-edit-plan.php#L24
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.16.10/src/Membership/Controllers/CheckoutController.php#L223
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.16.10/src/Membership/Controllers/CheckoutController.php#L239
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.16.10/src/Membership/Models/Subscription/SubscriptionEntity.php#L461
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3497425/wp-user-avatar#file14
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4cc29d32-2727-42df-bd42-2caf0f182c0e?source=cve
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