CVE-2026-1779 (GCVE-0-2026-1779)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 02:23 – Updated: 2026-02-26 14:36
VLAI?
Title
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Authentication Bypass
Summary
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to incorrect authentication in the 'register_member' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in a newly registered user on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.
Severity ?
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
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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Credits
Jude Nwadinobi
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