Review reviewCritical

CVE-2026-5076

armember ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup

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-...

CVSS: 9.8
EPSS: 0.42%
CISA KEV: Not listed
Published: 2026.06.03

PRIORITY ASSESSMENT

Review review

The CVSS severity warrants an early asset and exposure review.

Known exploitationNot established by KEV

Exploit probability0.42%

Technical severityCVSS 9.8

Vulnerability overview

Affected product and versions

Product: armember ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup
Affected versions: <= 7.3.1
Fixed versions: No verified fixed-version field is available yet

Recommended response sequence

Confirm exposure before applying a vendor-supported change.

Full remediation guide

1
Identify
Confirm that armember ARMember Premium – Membership Plugin, Content Restriction, Member Levels, User Profile & User signup and an affected version are present.
2
Prioritize
Combine exploitation signals with asset exposure and business criticality.
3
Remediate
Follow the vendor advisory or supported update path and preserve rollback options.
4
Verify
Recheck the version, service health, access paths, and relevant logs.

Technical data

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE: CWE-287