CVE-2026-15016 Cross-site scripting in Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions
Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via user profile fields, leading to script execution in other users' browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-15016?
CVE-2026-15016 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in strangerstudios Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions, published on 28 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpro_member_profile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-15016?
How do I fix CVE-2026-15016?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-15016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-15016 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-15016 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-29wc-fx5p-m6r7.