CVE-2026-79996User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings
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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
- 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 28, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown User Registration & Membership unknown:user_registration_and_membership (from the name) | before 5.2.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/609bbb7c-c19a-4c72-8cef-95598a2cfc0d/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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