Wishlist Member XWordPress extension · Wishlistmember
CVE-2024-37107
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 · uneditedImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in Membership Software WishList Member X allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects WishList Member X: from n/a before 3.26.7.
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 · moderate confidenceImproper Privilege Management vulnerability in the WishList Member X WordPress membership plugin allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges beyond their assigned role, likely due to insufficient validation of user permissions in certain plugin functions.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Wishlist Member XWordPress extension
<= 3.26.7CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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Check installed WishList Member X versionNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins and locate Wishlistmember Wishlist Member X, or inspect the main plugin file header for version infoAffected if Version is 3.26.7 or lower
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Confirm plugin is activeVerify the WishList Member X plugin status in WordPress admin > Plugins > Installed Plugins shows it as ActiveAffected if Plugin is active and version is vulnerable (3.26.7 or lower)
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Review user roles for unexpected changesGo to WordPress admin > Users and audit all user accounts, checking each user's assigned role matches expectationsAffected if Any user has a role higher than what was originally assigned to them
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Check for unauthorized admin accountsIn WordPress admin > Users, filter for Administrator role and verify all admin accounts were created intentionallyAffected if New or unrecognized admin-level accounts exist in the system
If WishList Member X version 3.26.7 or lower is installed and active, privilege escalation is possible; verify no users have elevated beyond their intended roles.
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.
dbcve · scopedUpgrade WishList Member X to version 3.26.7 or later to remediate the privilege escalation vulnerability.
WishList Member X version 3.26.8 or later
- 1. Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard where WishList Member X is installed
- 2. Navigate to the Plugins section
- 3. Locate WishList Member X in the list of installed plugins
- 4. Check if an update is available for WishList Member X
- 5. If an update is available, update to the latest version (which should be 3.26.8 or later)
- 6. If automatic updates are not available, manually download the latest version from the official WishList Member source or WordPress plugin repository
- 7. Deactivate and then reinstall the updated plugin version
- 8. Verify the plugin version after update to confirm the upgrade was successful
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Wishlist Member X
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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-2024-37107 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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