High severity · published Sep 12, 2026
CVE-2026-15451
MemberPress Corporate Accounts <= 1.5.39 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment in Sub-Account Creation
8.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MemberPress Corporate Accounts plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.5.39. This is due to a mass assignment vulnerability in the 'add_sub_account_user' function that passes the raw 'userdata' array to 'wp_insert_user' without filtering dangerous keys like role or ID. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above who hold a corporate account, to create new administrator accounts or hijack existing administrator accounts by overwriting their email addresses. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 1.5.39.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 38% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MC
MemberPress Corporate Accounts · MemberPress
through 1.5.39 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15451
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-15451
memberpress.com
https://memberpress.com/addons/corporate-accounts/
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ba49bbf9-649b-456e-bab8-9f0f74bdbaee?source=cve
