Description
The MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 6.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Published: 2025-11-12
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting that can be exploited by administrators to run arbitrary scripts on pages viewed by site users
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory plugin for WordPress allows an authenticated administrator or higher to inject arbitrary JavaScript into the plugin’s admin settings. Because the plugin does not properly sanitize or escape input, the stored payload is rendered when a page is viewed, enabling the attacker to execute arbitrary script in the context of the site. This vulnerability is a stored cross‑site scripting flaw, classified as CWE‑79.

Affected Systems

All WordPress installations that use the MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory plugin version 6.14 or earlier on multi‑site networks where the unfiltered_html filter is disabled are affected. The issue spans every version up to 6.14 and concerns the plugin’s settings panel that is accessible to users with administrator or higher privileges.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.4 indicates a low to medium severity. The EPSS score of less than 1% suggests a very low likelihood of exploitation at the time of analysis. The vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, meaning no confirmed active exploit has been identified. Based on the description, it is inferred that the usual attack vector is an authenticated local attack through the plugin’s configuration UI; exploitation requires administrator‑level access and the presence of an attacker‑controlled payload embedded in plugin settings.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 13:57 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade MembershipWorks to version 6.15 or newer to apply the stored‑XSS fix.
  • Review the plugin’s stored settings and remove any injected script payloads to eliminate existing exploits.
  • If upgrading is not immediately possible, disable or uninstall the plugin to stop the attack surface.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 22, 2026 at 13:57 UTC.

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History

Wed, 12 Nov 2025 23:00:00 +0000

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Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 12 Nov 2025 07:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The MembershipWorks – Membership, Events & Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 6.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Title MembershipWorks <= 6.14 - Authenticated (Admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Sourcefound Membershipworks
Wordpress Wordpress
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:02:46.650Z

Reserved: 2025-10-21T13:59:07.927Z

Link: CVE-2025-12018

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Updated: 2025-11-12T18:13:09.107Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-11-12T08:15:40.590

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-12018

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-04-22T14:00:18Z

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