# CVE-2024-22308: WordPress Simple Membership Plugin <= 4.4.1 is vulnerable to Open Redirection

> Attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via the Simple Membership plugin, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.

- **Severity:** Low 3.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/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:** 24 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j2jc-6rv9-mpxp

## What is CVE-2024-22308?

CVE-2024-22308 is a low-severity vulnerability in smp7, wp.insider Simple Membership, published on 24 Jan 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

URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect') vulnerability in smp7, wp.Insider Simple Membership.This issue affects Simple Membership: from n/a through 4.4.1.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-22308?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simple-Membership-Plugin Simple Membership.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-22308?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-22308 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-22308 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-22308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in smp7, wp.insider 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-2024-22308 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-22308 is a low-severity vulnerability in smp7, wp.insider Simple Membership, published on 24 Jan 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-2024-22308 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: smp7, wp.insider 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-2024-22308/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22308/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22308
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-22308
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-22308

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-22308/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.