Vulnerability in Simple Membership

CVE-2026-14936

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.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-14936: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Simple Membership — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-14936?
CVE-2026-14936 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simple Membership, classified under Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-08-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-14936?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.