CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-15930
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.
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1
Preserved source conflicts
No provider value was silently selected as the winner.
cwe · 2 assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Simple Membership","vendor":"Unknown","versions":[{"lessThan":"4.7.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.4,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
2 source assertions{"cweId":"CWE-862","description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"CWE-862 Missing Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e46948f1-0e06-4e76-8fc8-df661eb786a5/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3654c340e8392ded7b17840c166d2b0a09fc715f274377df08d09f9f3340e51e · sha256:a816a6dbdad7e04a… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.