CVE-2026-1492 (GCVE-0-2026-1492)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-03 04:33 – Updated: 2026-03-03 15:33
VLAI?
Title
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Membership Registration
Summary
The User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form Builder, Custom Login Form, User Profile, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the plugin accepting a user-supplied role during membership registration without properly enforcing a server-side allowlist. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by supplying a role value during membership registration.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder Affected: * , ≤ 5.1.2 (semver)
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Credits
Friderika Baranyai
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