CVE-2026-4056The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Content Access Rules REST API endpoints in versions…
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The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Content Access Rules REST API endpoints in versions 5.0.1 through 5.1.4. This is due to the `check_permissions()` method only checking for `edit_posts` capability instead of an administrator-level capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to list, create, modify, toggle, duplicate, and delete site-wide content restriction rules, potentially exposing restricted content or denying legitimate user access.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-862
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.1/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7bb5a5a2-9644-4850-a5f9-7c925af000c8?source=cve
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