Simple Membership Plugin up to 4.3.4 on WordPress password recovery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Simple Membership Plugin up to 4.3.4 on WordPress. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation results in password recovery. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-41956. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Simple Membership Plugin up to 4.3.4 on WordPress (WordPress Plugin). Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was shared 09/27/2023. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-41956 since 09/06/2023. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 03/26/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Password recovery
CWE: CWE-640
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/06/2023 🔍
09/27/2023 +21 days 🔍
09/27/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2025 +545 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2023-41956 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-41956
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-240744

Entryinfo

Created: 09/27/2023 22:06
Updated: 03/26/2025 00:14
Changes: 09/27/2023 22:06 (36), 03/26/2025 00:14 (37)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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