CVE-2026-1492
CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEIWordPress User Registration & Membership Plugin <=5.1.2 - Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form Builder, Custom Login Form, User Profile, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to improper privilege management in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to the plugin accepting a user-supplied role during membership registration without properly enforcing a server-side allowlist. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to create administrator accounts by supplying a role value during membership registration.
Exploits (6)
github
WORKING POC
10 stars
by XiaomingX · pythonpoc
https://github.com/XiaomingX/data-cve-poc-py-v1/tree/main/2026/CVE-2026-1492
nomisec
WORKING POC
by dreamboyim66-boop · poc
https://github.com/dreamboyim66-boop/CVE-2026-1492-POC
Nuclei Templates (1)
WordPress User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
CRITICALVERIFIEDby omarkurt
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.3268
EPSS Percentile
96.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
VulnCheck KEV
2026-03-02
CWE
CWE-269
Status
published
Products (1)
wpeverest/User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder
< 5.1.2
Published
Mar 03, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 03, 2026