ARMember Premium <= 7.3.1 - Insecure Password Reset Mechanism to Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
The ARMember Premium plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to an insecure password reset mechanism in all versions up to, and including, 7.3.1. The plugin stores a plaintext copy of the password reset key in the `arm_reset_password_key` user meta field when a user requests a password reset. This is in addition to the hashed key that WordPress core stores securely in `wp_users.user_activation_key`. The plaintext key stored in `wp_usermeta` can be used with the plugin's custom `armrp` reset action to set a new password for any user. Combined with another vulnerability such as SQL Injection (CVE-2026-5073, CVE-2026-5074), this makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to extract the plaintext reset key and take over any user account, including administrators.
CVE-2026-5076 is a critical severity with CVSS 9.8 SQL Injection issue affecting the Plugin ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup. It affects Versions up to 7.3.1 and is fixed in 7.3.2.
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CVE-2026-5076 is tracked for the Plugin ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup as critical severity with CVSS 9.8. The affected range is Versions up to 7.3.1. Update ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup to 7.3.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
armember
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-5076 |
| Patched Versions |
7.3.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 7.3.1
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