CVE-2022-4469: simple-membership-plugin simple_membership Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-4469 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in simple-membership-plugin simple_membership. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Timeline
- 16-01-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Simple Membership WordPress plugin before 4.2.2 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in the page, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.53%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
44%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.53% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Simple-membership-plugin1 product
- simple_membership< 4.2.2
Unknown1 product
- simple membership< 4.2.2
Wordpress1 product
- simple-membership≤ 4.2.1 (fixed in 4.2.2)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/b195c373-1db9-4fd7-98d0-0860dacd189eExploitVDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory