High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 1, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-2273

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.

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Affected products

WordPress/Simple Membershipcpe-rescue2 versions
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- (no CPE)range: <4.1.3
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership

Patches

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References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/724729d9-1c4a-485c-9c90-a27664c47c84nvdExploitThird Party Advisory

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