CVE-2026-15414 PUBLISHED

Subscriptions for WooCommerce <= 2.0.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation via '_wps_plan_user_role' Membership Plan Meta

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 10.07.2026 Published: 01.08.2026 Updated: 01.08.2026

The Subscriptions for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the save_meta_boxes() function persisting the _wps_plan_user_role membership plan meta from $_POST without an allowlist that excludes privileged roles — the only validations applied, sanitize_key() and wp_roles()->is_role(), both accept 'administrator' as a valid value, and the UI's disabled attribute on the role dropdown is a client-side-only control trivially bypassed via DevTools or a direct POST request; additionally, because the wps_membership_plan custom post type is registered with capability_type => 'post', any user who can edit posts satisfies the current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id) guard in save_meta_boxes(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator by storing 'administrator' as the role granted on membership acquisition, which the Pro companion plugin then applies via add_role() during membership lifecycle events. Successful exploitation requires the Subscriptions for WooCommerce Pro companion plugin to be active, as it is the component that reads the stored _wps_plan_user_role meta via get_post_meta() and calls add_role() to apply the role during membership lifecycle events.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor wpswings
Product Subscriptions for WooCommerce
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.0.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Wordfence PRISM finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE