CVE-2026-86406 (GCVE-0-2026-86406)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-13 06:00 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via Membership Purchase
Summary
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not check the capability of the user making a membership purchase, and does not validate the payment method or the plan submitted with it, allowing any authenticated user such as a subscriber to be granted the WordPress role attached to a paid plan without paying for it. Where the site owner has mapped a plan to a privileged role, this leads to privilege escalation up to administrator.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0fb4ec40-3f92-4c… | exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | User Registration & Membership |
Affected:
4.4.6 , < 5.2.8
(semver)
|
guessed |
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