CVE-2024-10681: ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup <= 4.0.51 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-10681 is a medium (CVSS 6.3) Code Injection vulnerability in reputeinfosystems armember – membership plugin, content restriction, member levels, user profile & user signup. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 4.0.52.

Timeline

1. 06-12-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 08-04-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The The ARMember – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.51. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.