CVE-2026-2356

User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Limited User Deletion

mediumImproper Access Control
5.3
CVSS Score
5.3
CVSS Score
medium
Severity
5.1.3
Patched in
1d
Time to patch

Description

The User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2 via the 'register_member' function, due to missing validation on the 'member_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user accounts that newly registered on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability

Technical Details

Affected versions<=5.1.2
PublishedFebruary 25, 2026
Last updatedFebruary 26, 2026
Affected pluginuser-registration

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