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.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-269
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Weaknesses CWE-284

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Description 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.
Title User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T13:03:20.076Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T17:09:43.349Z

Link: CVE-2026-79996

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T12:57:17.955Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:42.427

Modified: 2026-08-28T18:40:31.630

Link: CVE-2026-79996

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-28T17:30:08Z

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