CVE-2026-88785

Simple Membership < 4.8.3 - Newly Registered Member Password Disclosure via URL Query String

Published Oct 11, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.8.3 does not avoid transmitting a newly registered member's plaintext password in a URL query string when an optional auto-login-after-registration feature is enabled, exposing the credential in browser history and in web server, proxy, and CDN access logs to anyone able to read them.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions simple Membership
Vendors & Products Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions simple Membership
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Weaknesses CWE-532
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-200
CWE-532
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Description The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.8.3 does not avoid transmitting a newly registered member's plaintext password in a URL query string when an optional auto-login-after-registration feature is enabled, exposing the credential in browser history and in web server, proxy, and CDN access logs to anyone able to read them.
Title Simple Membership < 4.8.3 - Newly Registered Member Password Disclosure via URL Query String
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Oct 11, 2026, 11:32 AM
Reserved
Sep 10, 2026, 7:45 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 11, 2026, 7:17 AM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 8:36 PM