CVE-2026-86596: s2Member – Excellent for All Kinds of Memberships, Content Restriction Paywalls & Member Access Subscriptions

No VulnCrest analysis published for this CVE yet. Below is the original CNA/NVD description, unmodified.

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.

Exploits & detection

ExploitAureels/CVE-2026-86596 · github · ★ 7 · discovered

Unreviewed third-party code. Fake PoCs often contain malware — read the code before running it.

Exploitthiscitze/cve-2026-86596-poc · github · ★ 1 · discovered

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Timeline

Published: 02 Nov 2026
Last modified upstream: 08 Nov 2026

Sources & licenses

CVE / CVSS / CWE

NVD record ↗ (unmodified). This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. CVE® © The MITRE Corporation.

Exploitation

CISA KEV (CC0) · EPSS by FIRST.org

References used for the analysis

Analysis, summary and remediation

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