CVE-2026-62040 PUBLISHED

WordPress Restrict User Access – Membership plugin with Force plugin <= 2.8.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

Assigner: Patchstack
Reserved: 13.07.2026 Published: 09.10.2026 Updated: 09.10.2026

Missing Authorization vulnerability in DEV Institute Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force restrict-user-access allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force: from n/a through 2.8.1.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 5.3

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	Low
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	None
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	None

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	DEV Institute
Product	Restrict User Access – Membership Plugin with Force
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 0 to 2.8.1 (incl.)

Credits

Salúa Es-sair | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program finder

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/restrict-user-access/vulnerability/wordpress-restrict-user-access-membership-plugin-with-force-plugin-2-8-1-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Problem Types

Missing Authorization CWE

Impacts

Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels