WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Simple Membership < 4.7.8 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via Registration Username Collision
Description
The plugin 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.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
NO AUTHORISATION
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Brandon Steed
Submitter
Brandon Steed
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-07-24 (about 10 days ago)
Added
2026-07-24 (about 9 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-31 (about 2 days ago)