CVE-2024-10261: The The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugi

Q: Is CVE-2024-10261 being exploited?

CVE-2024-10261 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

Q: What does CVE-2024-10261 affect?

CVE-2024-10261 affects membership \& content restriction - paid member subscriptions. Severity is high (CVSS 7.3). The The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.0. This is due to the so

Q: How urgent is CVE-2024-10261?

Priority 40/100. High severity; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

This month

HIGH 7.3REMOTEUPGRADE

CVE-2024-10261 is a high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.3) affecting membership \& content restriction - paid member subscriptions. Below: why it ranks where it does, which versions are affected, what to do, and the exact commands.

The The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.0. This is due to the software allowing users to execute an action that does not properly validate a value before running do_shortcode. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes.

Why this priority

High severity
Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

A fixed release or distro patch exists.

Risk facts

CVSS score	7.3 (High)
Attack vector	Network (remote)
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges needed	None
User interaction	None
EPSS exploit chance	0.5% (top 60%)
CISA exploited list	No
Weakness	CWE-94
Published	2024-11-09
Last modified	2026-06-17

Publisher (CNA): Wordfence · Vendor: cozmoslabs

Last updated 2026-06-17 · Sources: CVE Program, NVD, CISA KEV, EPSS and vendor advisories · How we score

Am I affected?

Timeline

2024-11-09 12:15 UTCPublished CVE record published
2026-06-17 06:55 UTCUpdated Record last modified

cozmoslabs membership \& content restriction - paid member subscriptions UPGRADE

Affected: < 2.13.1

Fixed in: 2.13.1

Safe to downgrade to: no unaffected older release

1. Check installed version

apt-cache policy membership--content-restriction---paid-member-subscriptions || rpm -q membership--content-restriction---paid-member-subscriptions || membership--content-restriction---paid-member-subscriptions --version

2. UPGRADE to 2.13.1 (Debian / Ubuntu)

sudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade membership--content-restriction---paid-member-subscriptions

2. UPGRADE (RHEL / Amazon Linux / Fedora)

sudo dnf upgrade membership--content-restriction---paid-member-subscriptions

Note

Distros often backport fixes without changing the version number. Confirm with the distro advisory or changelog.

Verify at the official source NVD · CVE Program · Report a problem with this page
Scores and fixes here are computed automatically from those and other public sources. Confirm with the vendor advisory before changing production systems.

Quick answers

How do I fix CVE-2024-10261?

membership \& content restriction - paid member subscriptions: upgrade to 2.13.1. Exact commands for each OS are on this page.

Is CVE-2024-10261 being exploited?

CVE-2024-10261 is not on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list at the time of the last update. Check again, as this can change.

What does CVE-2024-10261 affect?

CVE-2024-10261 affects membership \& content restriction - paid member subscriptions. Severity is high (CVSS 7.3). The The Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.0. This is due to the so

How urgent is CVE-2024-10261?

Priority 40/100. High severity; Remotely exploitable, no login, no user action

Software pages

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