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GHSA-J7VX-FW83-2V34

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-05 06:30 – Updated: 2026-08-05 06:30

Details

The Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships plugin for WordPress (formerly Restrict Content) is vulnerable to password reset link poisoning leading to account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.0. This is due to the legacy lost-password handler rc_process_lost_password_form() consuming the attacker-controlled rc_redirect POST parameter into two unvalidated sinks in legacy/includes/forms.php: wp_redirect( esc_url( $_POST['rc_redirect'] ) . ... ) at line 243, and add_query_arg( array( 'key' => $key, 'login' => ... ), $_POST['rc_redirect'] ) inside rc_send_password_reset_email() at line 306. The nonce required to reach the handler is broadcast by the public [login_form] shortcode at line 207 to any anonymous visitor. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to issue a password-reset request for any account (including administrators) whose reset email body points the victim at an attacker-controlled host carrying a valid reset key/login. When the victim clicks the link, the reset key leaks to the attacker, who can replay it against the legitimate site to complete account takeover.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

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CVE-2026-9273 (GCVE-0-2026-9273)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-05 04:25 – Updated: 2026-08-05 14:13

Title

Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships <= 4.0.0 - Unauthenticated Password Reset Link Poisoning to Account Takeover

Summary

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-640 - Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password

Assigner

Wordfence

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restri…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restri…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restri…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restri…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restri…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?new=…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
stellarwp	Membership Plugin – Kadence Memberships	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.0.0 (semver)

Credits

scort

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Nomenclature

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-J7VX-FW83-2V34

CVE-2026-9273 (GCVE-0-2026-9273)

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