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CVE-2026-80072VulnerabilityPublished

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not validate the destination of a post-login

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-80072· Medium 4.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.7 Medium : upgrade to 5.2.8 when convenient.

Data as of 29 Oct 2026, 10:37 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 21% 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:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

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

Description

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.

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