CVE-2026-77194
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Administrator Account Takeover in versions up to, and including, 4.8.0. This is due to improper identity verification during the public registration flow in WordPress Multisite environments, where the plugin binds new Simple Membership records to existing global WordPress users based solely on matching username and email, without requiring password verification or ownership proof, and fails to properly detect Administrator roles on child sites.
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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to take over Administrator accounts on child sites in a Multisite network by registering a Simple Membership account with a victim's credentials on a site where public registration is enabled, then updating the victim's global WordPress password through the profile edit functionality. The vulnerability was partially patched in version 4.8.1.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 5.3
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.58%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 46
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-287
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.0/classes/class.swpm-form.php#L214
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.0/classes/class.swpm-front-registration.php#L126
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.0/classes/class.swpm-utils-member.php#L461
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.0/classes/class.swpm-utils.php#L329
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.8.0/classes/class.swpm-utils.php#L365
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3668897/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3673368/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ccd3eae5-3d30-4d0d-8f95-5f0747e4e944?source=cve
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