CVE-2023-4719
Simple Membership <= 4.3.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the list_type parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Using this vulnerability, unauthenticated attackers could inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that are being executed if they can successfully trick a user into taking an action, such as clicking a malicious link.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.2
Simple Membership <= 4.3.5 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the list_type parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Using this vulnerability, unauthenticated attackers could inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that are being executed if they can successfully trick a user into taking an action, such as clicking a malicious link.
- Record
CVE-2023-4719- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-54567
7.2
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the list_type parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Using this vulnerability, unauthenticated attackers could inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that are being executed if they can successfully trick a user into taking an action, such as clicking a malicious link.
- Record
EUVD-2023-54567- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fwcj-v244-qf8f
7.2
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via...
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the list_type parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Using this vulnerability, unauthenticated attackers could inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that are being executed if they can successfully trick a user into taking an action, such as clicking a malicious link.
- Record
GHSA-fwcj-v244-qf8f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.2
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the list_type parameter in versions up to, and including, 4.3.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Using this vulnerability, unauthenticated attackers could inject arbitrary web scripts into pages that are being executed if they can successfully trick a user into taking an action, such as clicking a malicious link.
- Record
CVE-2023-4719- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-4719 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Simple-membership-plugin Simple Membership, published September 6, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.57%, the 47th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e4b10172-7e54-4ff8-9fbb-41d160ce49e4?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=2962730%40simple-membership&new=2962730%40simple-membership&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4719
github.com/advisories/GHSA-fwcj-v244-qf8f