๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-97337

HIGH 7.5

Simple Membership <= 4.8.3 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Account Takeover and Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'email' Parameter on Activation Endpoints

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data and sensitive information disclosure in versions up to, and including, 4.8.3 via the resend-activation and email-activation endpoints. The endpoints are dispatched from SwpmInitTimeTasks::check_and_do_email_activation() on frontend init with no authentication, nonce, capability, or ownership check, and the recipient address used by SwpmRegistration::send_reg_email() is taken from an attacker-controlled $_POST['email'] parameter (overriding the member's registered address). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to redirect an arbitrary pending member's activation email โ€” and the follow-up 'registration complete' email containing the member's username and plaintext password โ€” to an attacker-chosen address, and to then activate that member's account without their consent.

CWE CWE-862
Vendor wpinsider-1
Product simple membership
Published Oct 3, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpinsider-1 / Simple Membership
0 โ‰ค 4.8.3

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae2b6c4c-7dd6-41e7-8b8d-c09aa7fa660b?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.3/classes/class.swpm-registration.php#L75 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.3/classes/class.swpm-front-registration.php#L850 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.3/classes/class.swpm-front-registration.php#L774 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.3/classes/class.swpm-init-time-tasks.php#L167 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3716437%40simple-membership&new=3716437%40simple-membership

Credits

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