CVE-2026-2356 (GCVE-0-2026-2356)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 02:23 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:41
VLAI?
Title
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Limited User Deletion
Summary
The User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2 via the 'register_member' function, due to missing validation on the 'member_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary user accounts that newly registered on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-284 - Improper Access Control
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder Affected: * , ≤ 5.1.2 (semver)
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