What is CVE-2023-41956?

CVE-2023-41956 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-41956?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-41956 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership

CVE-2023-41956

Improper Authentication vulnerability in smp7, wp.Insider Simple Membership.This issue affects Simple Membership: from n/a through 4.3.4.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2024-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 58.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/simple-membership/wordpress-simple-member… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-41956?: CVE-2023-41956 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2024-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-41956?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-41956 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.