CVE-2026-86596

CRITICAL 1 PoC
INFO Priority: 0.15 BB Relevance: 90/100
Published: 2026-11-02 Modified: 2026-11-02 First seen: 2026-11-02 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

The s2Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution in all versions up to, and including, <= 260927 via the 'item_name' parameter parameter. This is due to insufficient sanitization in strip_php_tags_deep(), which only strips literal '<?' sequences, combined with a post-interpolation placeholder cleanup that reassembles a valid '<?php' opener after the attacker-controlled value has already been embedded in the email template. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to execute code on the server.

Proof of Concept (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

90 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction
✓ PoC available (1)

CVSS Score

9.8 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

1.49%
Raw Score 0.014870
Percentile 74.1%
Date 2026-11-05

EPSS Trend

2026-11-05
0.01487
2026-11-04
0.01487
2026-11-03
0.01487

Intelligence Sources

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