Simple Membership <= 4.3.4 - Account Takeover via Password Reset

8.8
Improper Input Validation
CVE CVE-2023-41956
CVSS 8.8 (High)
Publicly Published September 25, 2023
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Rafie Muhammad - Patchstack

Description

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.

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Vulnerability Details for Simple Membership

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug simple-membership (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 4.3.5, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 4.3.4
Patched Version
  • 4.3.5

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