CVE-2026-11961

HIGH

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Unbound members_data Membership ID

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not validate that the membership tier submitted during public registration is one of the tiers allowed by the registration form before assigning that tier's associated user role, allowing unauthenticated users to register into an arbitrary published membership tier and obtain its role — up to administrator when such a tier exists.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit exploit vdb-entry technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ffab574-8626-472e-b6e4-09bcbaa62349/

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0025
EPSS Percentile 16.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-269
Status published
Products (1)
None/User Registration & Membership < 5.2.3
Published Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 17, 2026