Simple Membership <= 4.3.4 — Account Takeover via Password Reset
CVE-2023-41956Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤4.3.4Update to 4.3.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Simple Membership simple-membership
- Affected≤ 4.3.4
- Patched in4.3.5
Update to 4.3.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 4.3.4. Version 4.3.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Simple Membership.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 4.3.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Simple Membership to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Rafie Muhammad.
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to account takeover due to missing input validation on the process_password_reset_using_link function in versions up to, and including, 4.3.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers to gain access to arbitrary accounts on the site via the password reset functionality.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Country Field ≤4.8.4Update to 4.8.5 | CVE-2026-103427 | |
| Low3.1 | Information Exposure ≤4.8.2Update to 4.8.3 | CVE-2026-88785 | |
| High7.5 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Account Takeover and Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'email' Parameter on Activation Endpoints ≤4.8.3Update to 4.8.4 | CVE-2026-97337 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤4.8.2Update to 4.8.3 | CVE-2026-74000 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization <4.7.8Update to 4.7.8 | CVE-2026-88764 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Country Field
≤4.8.4Update to 4.8.5
- Low3.1Information Exposure
≤4.8.2Update to 4.8.3
- High7.5Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Account Takeover and Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'email' Parameter on Activation Endpoints
≤4.8.3Update to 4.8.4
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤4.8.2Update to 4.8.3
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
<4.7.8Update to 4.7.8
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
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