CVE-2026-79996
Received Received - Intake

Privilege Escalation in User Registration & Membership WordPress Plugin

Publication date: 2026-08-28

Last updated on: 2026-08-28

Assigner: WPScan

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.

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Published
2026-08-28
Last Modified
2026-08-28
Generated
2026-08-28
EPSS Evaluated
N/A
NVD
CVE-2026-79996
EUVD
EUVD-2026-67575

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wpengine user_registration_and_membership 5.2.6

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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