WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

User Registration & Membership < 5.1.6 - Unauthenticated Missing Authorization to Admin Approval Bypass via 'action' Parameter

Description

The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.5. This is due to the is_admin_creation_process() method relying solely on the presence of action=createuser in the $_REQUEST superglobal without performing any authentication or capability check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass the admin approval requirement when registering new accounts via the fallback submission path.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 5.1.6

References

Classification

Type
NO AUTHORISATION
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Anthony Cihan (Hann1bl3L3ct3r)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-05-13 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-05-13 (about 5 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-05-14 (about 5 months ago)

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