# CVE-2025-14844: Missing authorization in Membership Plugin – Restrict Content

> Unauthenticated attackers can leak Stripe SetupIntent client_secret values for any membership due to missing capability checks in the Restrict Content plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c827-pf9p-24mm

## What is CVE-2025-14844?

CVE-2025-14844 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp Membership Plugin – Restrict Content, published on 16 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Membership Plugin – Restrict Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authentication in all versions up to, and including, 3.2.16 via the 'rcp_stripe_create_setup_intent_for_saved_card' function due to missing capability check. Additionally, the plugin does not check a user-controlled key, which makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to leak Stripe SetupIntent client_secret values for any membership.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14844?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Liquidweb Restrict Content.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in stellarwp Membership Plugin – Restrict Content

- [CVE-2023-3182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3182/): Membership Plugin - Restrict Content < 3.2.3 - Reflected XSS (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-11090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11090/): Information disclosure in Membership Plugin – Restrict Content (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-47668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47668/): WordPress Restrict Content Plugin <= 3.2.7 is vulnerable to Sensitive Data Exposure (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14844 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14844 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in stellarwp Membership Plugin – Restrict Content, published on 16 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: stellarwp Membership Plugin – Restrict Content. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14844/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14844/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14844
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14844
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14844

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14844/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.