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CVE-2026-80072 (GCVE-0-2026-80072)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:00
VLAI
Title
User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Unauthenticated Open Redirect via Login Redirect Parameters
Summary
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not validate the destination of a post-login redirect before redirecting, allowing unauthenticated attackers to redirect visitors to an arbitrary external URL, which can be abused for phishing.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0af2c06d-87a0-4b… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown User Registration & Membership Affected: 0 , < 5.2.8 (semver)
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Credits
Sai Praneeth Koti WPScan
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