CVE-2026-79996

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 management capability but not full administrator access to change arbitrary site options and escalate their privileges to administrator.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.2 High

Status

Deferred - contact@wpscan.com

Published

2026-08-28

Last modified

2026-08-28

Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected products

• User Registration Membership (Unknown)

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/609bbb7c-c19a-4c72-8cef-95598a2cfc0d/