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CVE-2026-1779

HIGH 8.1

User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Authentication Bypass

CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to incorrect authentication in the 'register_member' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in a newly registered user on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.

CWE CWE-288
Vendor wpeverest
Product user registration & membership – free & paid memberships, subscriptions, content restriction, user profile, custom user registration & login builder
Published Feb 26, 2026
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

wpeverest / User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
0 ≤ 5.1.2

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d99bc021-ba9e-4294-8dd2-c25bc8007d05?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.0.4/modules/membership/includes/AJAX.php#L246

Credits

Jude Nwadinobi