Privilege escalation in Wcfm Membership
CVE-2026-12967
The WCFM Membership WordPress plugin before 2.12.1 does not verify that payment was made before completing a paid membership, allowing any authenticated Subscriber/Customer to activate a paid vendor membership for free and gain the marketplace vendor role.
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.
Affected products
- Wcfm Membership
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/37e7aff5-19fd-480c-87f5-e1863a99d8b6/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-12967?
- CVE-2026-12967 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wcfm Membership, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-11-06.
- How severe is CVE-2026-12967?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.