The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.7 does not verify that a PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's own configured merchant account before activating a membership, allowing unauthenticated users to activate or extend a membership using a payment made to an arbitrary PayPal account they control.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/82ac8cd9-db44-49c7-905c-16d261c5c516/ cve-icon
History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-398

Thu, 06 Aug 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.7 does not verify that a PayPal payment notification was sent to the site's own configured merchant account before activating a membership, allowing unauthenticated users to activate or extend a membership using a payment made to an arbitrary PayPal account they control.
Title Simple Membership < 4.7.7 - Unauthenticated Payment Bypass via Missing PayPal IPN Receiver Verification
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-06T17:04:20.749Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T11:50:26.844Z

Link: CVE-2026-14936

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Updated: 2026-08-07T00:00:05Z