ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content <= 4.18.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Melange Form Registration Role

ID

WPSEC-2026-3087

Plugin

ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content (wp-user-avatar)

Affected

from 3.0 before 4.18.1

Remediation

Update to 4.18.1 or later.

CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness

CWE-269

Usage

Plugin High · Affected versions High among sites WPSec scans, 2026-11-13

Attack surface

ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content on WPSec AttackSurface

Fix released

2026-11-12

Published

2026-11-13

Description

The Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via melange form registration in all versions up to, and including, 4.18.0. This is due to the plugin validating a submitted role, and falling back to a builder-assigned role, using the registration form that shares the melange form's ID instead of the melange form itself. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register with a role permitted by, or assigned by, an unrelated (possibly unpublished) registration form, which may be a privileged role such as Editor, depending on how that form is configured.

References

• https://wpsec.com/vuln/WPSEC-2026-3087/
• https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-user-avatar/tags/4.18.1/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatar/

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