CVE-2026-1492
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Membership Registration
criticalImproper Privilege Management
9.8
CVSS Score
9.8
CVSS Score
critical
Severity
5.1.3
Patched in
1d
Time to patch
Description
The User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form Builder, Custom Login Form, User Profile, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the plugin accepting a user-supplied role during membership registration without properly enforcing a server-side allowlist. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by supplying a role value during membership registration.
CVSS Vector Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAttack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
High
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Technical Details
Affected versions
<=5.1.2PublishedMarch 2, 2026
Last updatedMarch 3, 2026
Affected pluginuser-registration
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