CVE-2025-12648 (GCVE-0-2025-12648)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 02:21 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:15
VLAI?
Title
WP-Members Membership Plugin <= 3.5.4.4 - Unauthenticated Information Exposure via Unprotected Files
Summary
The WP-Members Membership Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized file access in versions up to, and including, 3.5.4.4. This is due to storing user-uploaded files in predictable directories (wp-content/uploads/wpmembers/user_files/<user_id>/) without implementing proper access controls beyond basic directory listing protection (.htaccess with Options -Indexes). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to directly access and download sensitive documents uploaded by site users via direct URL access, granted they can guess or enumerate user IDs and filenames.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-552 - Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
cbutlerjr WP-Members Membership Plugin Affected: * , ≤ 3.5.4.4 (semver)
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Credits
thinnawarth mathuros
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