CVE-2026-12093: Simple Membership <= 4.7.5 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary Member Account Deactivation via Forged Stripe 'charge.refunded' Webhook
The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authorization bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.7.5. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying that a user is authorized to perform an action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to deactivate arbitrary member accounts by forging a charge.refunded webhook event containing a victim's subscription ID, setting the target member's accountstate to 'inactive' and triggering cancellation hooks, transaction-record status changes, and cancellation notification emails. This vulnerability is exploitable only on installations where no Stripe webhook signing secret has been configured, which is the default out-of-the-box state; sites that have configured the stripe-webhook-signing-secret option are routed to the properly verified HMAC path and are not affected.
Affected Software
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Configuration
Configure the stripe-webhook-signing-secret option in the plugin so incoming Stripe webhooks are verified via HMAC. Installations without this setting use the unauthenticated path and are vulnerable to forged charge.refunded events that can deactivate member accounts.
Simple Membership (WordPress plugin) stripe-webhook-signing-secret = configured (non-empty)
Event History
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2026-12093?
The severity of CVE-2026-12093 is rated as medium with a score of 5.3.
How do I fix CVE-2026-12093?
To fix CVE-2026-12093, update the Simple Membership plugin to version 4.7.6 or later where the vulnerability has been patched.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2026-12093?
CVE-2026-12093 is an authorization bypass vulnerability impacting the Simple Membership plugin.
Who is impacted by CVE-2026-12093?
All users of Simple Membership versions up to and including 4.7.5 are impacted by CVE-2026-12093.
What action can an attacker perform due to CVE-2026-12093?
An attacker can deactivate arbitrary member accounts without proper authorization due to CVE-2026-12093.