vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: simple-membership: CVE-2022-2273: Improper Privilege Management
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jul 6, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | May 5, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jul 6, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026
Description
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to membership related privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 4.1.2. This is due to insufficient validation on the membership membership_level supplied which makes it possible for authenticated users to supplied arbitrary membership levels and be granted to permissions.
Solution
simple-membership-plugin-cve-2022-2273
References
Rapid7 Labs
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