CVE-2022-2273

HIGH

Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Privilege Escalation via Membership Level Parameter

Title source: llm

Description

The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.3 does not properly validate the membership_level parameter when editing a profile, allowing members to escalate to a higher membership level by using a crafted POST request.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/724729d9-1c4a-485c-9c90-a27664c47c84

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8

EPSS 0.0094

EPSS Percentile 56.1%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-269

Status published

Products (1)

simple-membership-plugin/simple_membership < 4.1.3

Published Aug 01, 2022

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026