XSS in Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Subscriptions
CVE-2026-15016
The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpro_member_profile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.002 (7.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-15016?
- CVE-2026-15016 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Subscriptions, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-07-28.
- How severe is CVE-2026-15016?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.