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

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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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

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