Simple MembershipWordPress extension · Simple Membership Plugin
CVE-2024-49682
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedURL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in wp.insider Simple Membership simple-membership allows Phishing.This issue affects Simple Membership: from n/a through <= 4.5.3.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceOpen redirect vulnerability in the Simple Membership WordPress plugin allows attackers to craft malicious URLs containing untrusted redirect destinations that can be used for phishing attacks. The plugin likely fails to properly validate redirect parameters before forwarding users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Simple MembershipWordPress extension
< 4.5.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify Simple Membership plugin is installedLog into WordPress admin and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Look for 'Simple Membership' in the list of active plugins.Affected if The plugin is installed and active in WordPress
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Check installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins. Click on 'Simple Membership' to view the plugin details, or check the version in the plugin file at wp-content/plugins/simple-membership/simple-membership.phpAffected if Version is less than 4.5.4
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Identify redirect functionality usageSearch plugin files for redirect-related functions: look for 'wp_redirect', 'wp_safe_redirect', or 'redirect_to' in plugin PHP files within wp-content/plugins/simple-membership/Affected if Redirect functions exist that accept user-controlled parameters without validation
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Check for open redirect parameters in URLsIf the plugin exposes membership-related pages (login, registration, password reset), test for open redirect by appending a parameter like 'redirect_to=http://evil.com' to URLs and observe if the site redirects to the untrusted domain.Affected if The plugin redirects users to arbitrary URLs provided in request parameters without validation
You are affected if Simple Membership plugin version is below 4.5.4 AND your site uses any redirect functionality that passes user-supplied URLs without allowlist validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped4.5.4
Update to a patched version of the Simple Membership plugin (version > 4.5.3) or implement strict allowlist-based URL validation on any redirect logic to ensure only trusted destinations are allowed.
Simple Membership 4.5.4
- Backup your WordPress site before making any changes
- Navigate to WordPress admin dashboard > Plugins
- Find 'Simple Membership' plugin and click 'Update now' to upgrade to version 4.5.4
- After update completes, verify the plugin version shows 4.5.4
- Test the membership functionality to ensure the plugin works correctly after the upgrade
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Simple Membership
Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing2.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-49682 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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- No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
- No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data