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.
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Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-285 |
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| 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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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-03T06:00:12.870Z
Reserved: 2026-07-16T07:28:21.275Z
Link: CVE-2026-15930
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Updated: 2026-08-03T08:45:03Z