XSS in Simple Membership

CVE-2026-15931

The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.7.8 does not sanitise a subscriber name value received from an unauthenticated payment approval request, nor escape it when displaying it in the administration dashboard, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store arbitrary JavaScript that executes in an administrator's session.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.0th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 20.0% 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-2026-15931: held from 0.003 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Simple Membership — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-15931?
CVE-2026-15931 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simple Membership, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-15931?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.