CVE-2026-12497
ProfilePress < 4.16.18 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Role Selection
Description
The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer.
INFO
Published Date :
July 24, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Last Modified :
July 24, 2026, 7:16 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
No
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-12497
vulnerability.
Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the
products
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affected, the information is not represented in the table below.
No affected product recoded yet
Solution
- Update the Paid Memberships Pro plugin to version 4.16.18 or later.
- Verify role restriction settings after updating.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2026-12497.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb14acb-051c-4bcb-adfc-10a27a00dfe7/ |
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2026-12497
weaknesses.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Jul. 24, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Affected [{'vendor': 'Unknown', 'product': 'Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'lessThan': '4.16.18', 'versionType': 'semver'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}] Added Description The Paid Membership Plugin, Ecommerce, User Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content WordPress plugin before 4.16.18 does not consistently enforce the role restriction configured on its front-end registration role-selection field. The set of roles offered to the visitor and the set of roles the registration handler accepts are derived by two different parsers, and for some valid ways of configuring the offered roles the handler ignores the restriction and falls back to accepting any non-administrator role. Combined with the absence of a nonce on the public registration handler, this allows an unauthenticated visitor to register an account with a higher role, such as Editor or Author, than the form was configured to offer. Added Reference https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bfb14acb-051c-4bcb-adfc-10a27a00dfe7/