CVE-2026-79996: high-severity vulnerability in User Registration & Membership
User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings
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41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.2epss 0.5%
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Unknown · User Registration & Membershippublic PoCs found — 1
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