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CVE-2026-73995 (GCVE-0-2026-73995)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-18 14:00 – Updated: 2026-08-18 19:48
VLAI
Title
WordPress User Registration plugin <= 5.2.6 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
Summary
Subscriber Broken Authentication in User Registration <= 5.2.6 versions.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-18 19:37 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpeverest User Registration Affected: n/a , ≤ 5.2.6 (custom)
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Credits
Dm_TomHe | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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