CVE-2025-49265
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in WP Swings Membership For WooCommerce membership-for-woocommerce allows Accessing Functionality Not Properly Constrained by ACLs.This issue affects Membership For WooCommerce: from n/a through <= 2.8.1.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in the Membership For WooCommerce plugin allows users to access functionality that should be constrained by access control lists (ACLs). This ACL bypass likely enables lower-privileged users to perform actions or access features reserved for higher-privilege roles, such as managing memberships or accessing admin functions.
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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
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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 Membership For WooCommerce is installedNavigate to WordPress Admin > Plugins and locate 'Membership For WooCommerce' in the installed plugins list. Note the installed version number displayed alongside the plugin name.Affected if The plugin is installed and active
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Identify all user roles with administrative capabilitiesGo to WordPress Admin > Users > Roles (or use a user role editor plugin) to list all custom roles and their assigned capabilities. Focus on capabilities related to membership management such as 'manage_memberships', 'view_memberships', or similar custom capabilities the plugin may have added.Affected if Any user role other than Administrator has membership-related capabilities assigned
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Audit user accounts for role assignmentsReview all user accounts in WordPress Admin > Users > All Users. Check which users are assigned to roles with elevated privileges. Specifically identify users with Subscriber, Customer, or Contributor roles who may have unexpectedly gained access to membership functions.Affected if Users with low-privilege roles (Subscriber, Customer, Contributor) exist and the plugin is active
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Check for unauthorized membership modificationsReview the membership logs or membership tables in the database (wp_memberships_member_posts or similar tables) for membership records created or modified by users who should not have that capability. Check the wp_posts author field and wp_usermeta for capability assignments.Affected if Membership records show creation or modification by users without Administrator role
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Monitor for unexpected admin page accessCheck server access logs or WordPress activity logs for access to /wp-admin/admin.php?page=memberships* or similar membership admin endpoints by users with IDs or usernames associated with non-admin roles.Affected if Access to admin membership functions is recorded for non-administrator users
A user is affected if the Membership For WooCommerce plugin is active and any non-Administrator user role has membership management capabilities or has successfully accessed membership admin functions.
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 to a patched version when available from WP Swings. Until then, restrict user role assignments to the minimum necessary privileges and monitor for unauthorized administrative actions.
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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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-49265 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.
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