Description
The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not verify whether user creation failed during registration before using the returned value as a user ID to update an account, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the primary administrator's account data (including the email address) and take over that account through the password reset flow.
Published:
2026-08-03
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Unknown | Simple Membership | unaffected |
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History
Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| Description | The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not verify whether user creation failed during registration before using the returned value as a user ID to update an account, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the primary administrator's account data (including the email address) and take over that account through the password reset flow. | |
| Title | Simple Membership < 4.7.8 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via Registration Username Collision | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T06:00:12.870Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T07:28:21.275Z
Link: CVE-2026-15930
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