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CVE-2022-2273

Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Membership Privilege Escalation

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 1, 2022 at 12:51 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSimple Membership

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Simple Membership· Simple Membership Pluginwordpress-plugin
95%
v < 4.1.3
Affected range stops below 4.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/724729d9-1c4a-485c-9c90-a27664c47c84

CVSS

8.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269

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