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CVE-2026-80071highCWE-269

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Author+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator

41Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendcvss 7.2epss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 82% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
1 public exploit(s)
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitrary role 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
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