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CVE-2026-80071: User Registration & Membership (WordPress plugin) · Improper Privilege Management

Affects User Registration & Membership (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High : upgrade to 5.2.8 soon.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 07:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.2High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 39% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.2.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 13 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade User Registration & Membership (WordPress plugin) to 5.2.8.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
User Registration & MembershipAffected
  • <5.2.8
Fixed in
  • 5.2.8

AI-suggested

Upgrade the User Registration & Membership plugin to version 5.2.8 or later where this vulnerability is fixed. Since the vulnerability affects versions prior to 5.2.8, applying this official patch eliminates the risk. No other mitigation is necessary once the plugin is updated.

Description

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitrary role and escalate their privileges to Administrator.

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