WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WP User Frontend 2.5.8 - 4.3.11 - Unauthenticated Account Creation with Registration Disabled

Description

The plugin does not check whether the site allows user registration before creating an account, allowing unauthenticated users to create accounts on sites where registration is disabled.

The created account receives the site's default role.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.3.12

References

Classification

Type
ACCESS CONTROLS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Murad Akhmedov
Submitter
Murad Akhmedov
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-09-28 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-28 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-28 (about 1 day ago)

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