WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings
Description
The plugin does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a plugin management capability but not full administrator access to change arbitrary site options and escalate their privileges to administrator.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Artus KG
Submitter
Artus KG
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-26 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-26 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-26 (about 1 day ago)