CVE-2026-19804

s2Member <= 260814 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via 'first_name' Parameter in PayPal Proxy Return

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2026 at 07:40 AM UTC
Updated: September 25, 2026 at 02:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendors2Member

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The s2Member – Excellent for All Kinds of Memberships, Content Restriction Paywalls & Member Access Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, 260814 via the 'first_name' parameter parameter. This is due to insufficient sanitization of the first_name parameter via esc_refs(), which strips only regex backreferences and not PHP tags, before substitution into the eval'd Signup Tracking Codes template, combined with disclosure of the site-global proxy verification key that allows PayPal postback verification to be bypassed. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute code on the server. Successful exploitation requires that the site administrator has configured a Signup Tracking Codes template containing the %%first_name%% placeholder (a documented, GUI-supported feature) and that the attacker has obtained the site-global proxy verification key, which is exposed in plaintext in the JSON response of any PayPal Checkout AJAX request on the target site.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

s2Member· Clavaquewordpress-plugin
60%
v ≤ 260814

Remediation

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No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.8HIGHWordfence
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-94

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