CVE-2026-15930

Published: Aug 3, 2026Modified: Aug 26, 2026Deferred

9.4

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 5.5

Source: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

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.

Related CWEs

CWE-862

Missing Authorization

The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

References (1)

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e46948f1-0e06-4e76-8fc8-df661eb786a5/

Source: contact@wpscan.com

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