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
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Simple-membership-plugin
Simple-membership-plugin simple Membership
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Simple-membership-plugin
Simple-membership-plugin simple Membership
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-285

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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Simple-membership-plugin Simple Membership
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T06:00:12.870Z

Reserved: 2026-07-16T07:28:21.275Z

Link: CVE-2026-15930

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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Updated: 2026-08-03T15:00:15Z

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