Vulnerability · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence

CVE-2025-9489WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.5.4.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Profile Names

Medium 5.0

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A medium-severity code injection in WP-Members Membership Plugin from cbutlerjr. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 22% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.0Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 78.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

The The WP-Members Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.4.2. 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
cbutlerjr	WP-Members Membership Plugin	0 – through 3.5.4.2

Weakness: CWE-94 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

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Affected products (as reported)

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