Is Simple Membership WP user Import safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (1.9.2). As of 2026-11-04. 2 issues are on record for older versions; version 1.9.2 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Simple Membership WP user Import on the latest version (1.9.2) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Simple Membership WP user Import are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1.9.1 and older, fixed in 1.9.2); SQL injection (1.7 and older, fixed in 1.9.2). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Simple Membership WP user Import?

1.9.2, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-08-21). It has 4,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Simple Membership WP user Import is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update simple-membership-wp-user-import). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · simple-membership-wp-user-import · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Simple Membership WP user Import safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 1.9.2
Last updated: 2026-08-21
Active installs: 4,000+
Known issues on record: 2
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4

An addon for importing existing WordPress users to the Simple Membership plugin as members — by wp.insider

What to do

Update to the latest version (1.9.2). Anything older than 1.9.2 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get simple-membership-wp-user-import --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update simple-membership-wp-user-import updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

2 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 5.4 CVE-2026-24986 · published 2026-02-03

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Simple Membership WP user Import (1.9.1 and older)

Affected: 1.9.1 and older
Fixed in: 1.9.2
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in wp.insider Simple Membership WP user Import simple-membership-wp-user-import allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Simple Membership WP user Import: from n/a through <= 1.9.1.

NVD CVE-2026-24986 Patchstack advisory

medium 4.9 CVE-2023-0254 · published 2023-01-12

SQL injection in Simple Membership WP user Import (1.7 and older)

Affected: 1.7 and older
Fixed in: 1.9.2 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs an admin-level account
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Simple Membership WP user Import plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the ‘orderby’ parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.7 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrative privileges to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

NVD CVE-2023-0254 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)

Recent activity

2026-08-21 — latest release on wordpress.org (1.9.2).
2026-02-03 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2026-24986), fixed in 1.9.2.
2023-01-12 — SQL injection disclosed (CVE-2023-0254), fixed in 1.9.2.

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Browse vulnerabilities

Types found in this plugin: Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1) · SQL injection (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/simple-membership-wp-user-import (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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