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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.2 High

CVE-2026-79996

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Unknown User Registration & Membership

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to < 5.2.6affected

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