CVE-2026-12093
Description
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.5. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate arbitrary member accounts by forging a charge.refunded webhook event containing a victim's subscription ID, setting the target member's account_state to 'inactive' and triggering cancellation hooks, transaction-record status changes, and cancellation notification emails. This vulnerability is exploitable only on installations where no Stripe webhook signing secret has been configured, which is the default out-of-the-box state; sites that have configured the stripe-webhook-signing-secret option are routed to the properly verified HMAC path and are not affected.
Affected WordPress components
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Simple Membership Plugin · simple-membershipUp to and including 4.7.5View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- wpinsider-1 Simple Membership — Up to and including 4.7.5
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.3/classes/class.swpm-wp-loaded-tasks.php#L96
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.3/ipn/swpm-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L297
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.3/ipn/swpm-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L71
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.3/ipn/swpm_handle_subsc_ipn.php#L381
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.4/classes/class.swpm-wp-loaded-tasks.php#L96
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.4/ipn/swpm-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L297
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.4/ipn/swpm-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L71
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/tags/4.7.4/ipn/swpm_handle_subsc_ipn.php#L381
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3573852%40simple-membership&new=3573852%40simple-membership&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2f91a7c3-ee0e-48e9-aa5f-dfc1160bbc09?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record