CVE-2024-11294
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Memberful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.73.9 via the WordPress core search feature. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from posts that have been restricted to higher-level roles such as site members.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Memberful WordPress plugin fails to properly restrict content protected for higher-level roles (site members) from WordPress core search results. Unauthenticated attackers can use the standard WordPress search feature to discover and extract sensitive data from posts that should only be visible to authenticated members with elevated privileges.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Memberful plugin installation and versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate Memberful. Note the version number displayed. Alternatively, check the plugin file header via file system at /wp-content/plugins/memberful/Affected if The installed version is older than 1.73.10 or cannot be determined
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Identify Memberful role-protected contentReview posts/pages with Memberful access restrictions. Check the Memberful settings or post meta for any content configured to require specific member roles. Query the WordPress database: SELECT post_id, meta_key, meta_value FROM wp_postmeta WHERE meta_key LIKE '%memberful%' LIMIT 20;Affected if There are posts or pages protected by Memberful role restrictions in the system
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Test unauthenticated search visibilityLog out of WordPress entirely. Perform a search on the site using a term that should only appear in role-protected content (e.g., a unique word from a members-only post). Inspect the search results returned to unauthenticated users.Affected if Content intended for higher-level roles appears in search results accessible to unauthenticated users
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Verify search indexing of restricted postsCheck wp_posts table for posts with memberful restrictions (post_status = 'publish' and has memberful meta). Use WordPress search query on frontend as a non-logged-in user to confirm whether restricted content is returned.Affected if WordPress core search returns posts that have Memberful role restrictions applied
If the Memberful plugin is installed and role-protected content is discoverable via standard WordPress search by unauthenticated users, the environment is affected by this CVE.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate the Memberful plugin to the latest version (1.73.10 or later) and verify that role-restricted content does not appear in WordPress core search results.
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- Implementation2.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-11294 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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