CVE-2025-68514
Paid Member Subscriptions <= 2.16.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Insecure Direct Object Reference
mediumAuthorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
4.3
CVSS Score
4.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
2.16.9
Patched in
7d
Time to patch
Description
The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 2.16.8 due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform an unauthorized action.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=2.16.8PublishedFebruary 11, 2026
Last updatedFebruary 17, 2026
Affected pluginpaid-member-subscriptions
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