CVE-2026-6898 PUBLISHED

WishList Member <= 3.30.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Generate API Secret Key via 'wlm3_generate_api_key' AJAX action

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 23.04.2026 Published: 23.05.2026 Updated: 23.05.2026

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.

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 Wishlist Member
Product Wishlist Member
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 3.30.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Phú finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE