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GHSA-V2W9-CQF4-GVP2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-14 09:31 – Updated: 2026-05-14 09:31

Details

The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.5. This is due to the is_admin_creation_process() method relying solely on the presence of action=createuser in the $_REQUEST superglobal without performing any authentication or capability check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the admin approval requirement when registering new accounts via the fallback submission path.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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CVE-2026-6145 (GCVE-0-2026-6145)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-14 08:24 – Updated: 2026-05-14 10:42

Title

User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.5 - Unauthenticated Missing Authorization to Admin Approval Bypass via 'action' Parameter

Summary

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-05-14 10:37 UTC

CWE

CWE-862 - Missing Authorization

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3516…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
wpeverest	User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder	Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.1.5 (semver)

Credits

Anthony Cihan

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