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.
History

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:15:00 +0000

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

Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-345
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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: 2026-08-07T14:04:36.301Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-14936

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T14:04:24.326Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-07T18:15:03Z