CVE-2026-15016

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.46.4—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-28. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpro_member_profile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3
6.4
EG Score
6.4(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity64% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 28, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Release Notes for Paid Memberships Pro and Add Ons

https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/category/release-notes/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-15016(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 79× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 23:35 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 23:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-27 20:57 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-27 20:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-26 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-26 15:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-25 13:44 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-25 13:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-24 12:04 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-24 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-23 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-23 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-22 08:35 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-22 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-21 06:55 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-21 06:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-20 05:14 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-20 05:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-19 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-19 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-18 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-18 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-16 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-16 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-15 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-15 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-14 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-14 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-13 18:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-12 16:26 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-12 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-11 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-11 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-10 13:06 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-10 13:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-08-09 11:27 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-09 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-08-08 09:47 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-08 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-07 08:08 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-07 08:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-08-06 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-06 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-08-05 04:49 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-08-05 04:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-04 15:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-08-04 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-08-04 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-08-03 01:26 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-08-03 01:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-02 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-08-01 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-08-01 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-01 04:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-07-31 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  55. 2026-07-30 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
  56. 2026-07-30 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-07-29 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-28 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-07-28 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-28 14:35 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-07-28 13:44 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-07-28 13:34 UTCEG score recompute
  65. 2026-07-28 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
  66. 2026-07-28 13:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-15016?
CVE-2026-15016 is a medium vulnerability published on July 28, 2026. The Paid Memberships Pro – Content Restriction, User Registration, & Paid Subscriptions plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Readonly User Field via [pmpromemberprofile_edit] Shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 3.8.1 due to insufficient input…
When was CVE-2026-15016 disclosed?
CVE-2026-15016 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-15016 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-15016 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-15016?
CVE-2026-15016 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-15016?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-15016, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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