CVE-2026-79996: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in User Registration & Membership
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.
CVE-2026-79996: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in User Registration & Membership
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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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- WPScan
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-25T17:09:43.349Z
- Cvss Version
- null
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a913ad4acd9273b4992fa67
Added to database: 08/28/2026, 07:37:56 UTC
Last updated: 08/28/2026, 08:52:26 UTC
Views: 5
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