# CVE-2024-1985: Simple Membership <= 4.4.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Self-Based Cross-Site Scripting

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject scripts via the Display Name parameter, executing code when a logged-in user views the page.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qj8h-3x8j-cqw9

## What is CVE-2024-1985?

CVE-2024-1985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Simple Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Display Name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.4.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability requires social engineering to successfully exploit, and the impact would be very limited due to the attacker requiring a user to login as the user with the injected payload for execution.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1985 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership

- [CVE-2022-2317](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2317/): Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Unauthenticated Membership Privilege Escalation (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-41956](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41956/): WordPress Simple Membership plugin <= 4.3.4 - Authenticated Account Takeover vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-2273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2273/): Simple Membership < 4.1.3 - Membership Privilege Escalation (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-10884](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10884/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-14328](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14328/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1985 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in wpinsider-1 Simple Membership, published on 13 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1985 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpinsider-1 Simple Membership. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1985/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1985

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1985/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.