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

Fixed in 5.2.6

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Artus KG
Submitter
Artus KG
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

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)

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