CVE-2026-16736: high-severity vulnerability in User Registration & Membership
User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Account Creation While Registration Disabled
Published
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41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.5epss 0.4%
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not enforce the site's registration-disabled setting when processing registration-form submissions, allowing unauthenticated users to create new accounts even when the administrator has turned off open registration.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
Unknown · User Registration & Membershippublic PoCs found — 1
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