Description
The Wishlist Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'WishListMember3_Hooks::generate_api_key' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the REST API Secret Key, which can be used to create a new membership level assigned the administrator WordPress role, and register an arbitrary administrator-level user account, resulting in complete site takeover.
Published: 2026-05-23
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 26 May 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 23 May 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wishlist Member
Wishlist Member wishlist Member
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wishlist Member
Wishlist Member wishlist Member
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 23 May 2026 05:00:00 +0000

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Description The Wishlist Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'WishListMember3_Hooks::generate_api_key' function in all versions up to, and including, 3.30.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to update the REST API Secret Key, which can be used to create a new membership level assigned the administrator WordPress role, and register an arbitrary administrator-level user account, resulting in complete site takeover.
Title WishList Member <= 3.30.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Generate API Secret Key via 'wlm3_generate_api_key' AJAX action
Weaknesses CWE-269
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Subscriptions

Wishlist Member Wishlist Member
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-26T13:16:56.571Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T06:00:50.744Z

Link: CVE-2026-6898

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-26T13:16:53.466Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-23T05:16:34.523

Modified: 2026-06-17T11:01:29.393

Link: CVE-2026-6898

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-23T07:30:12Z

Weaknesses