The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not enforce the site's registration-disabled setting when processing registration-form submissions, allowing unauthenticated users to create new accounts even when the administrator has turned off open registration.

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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-284

Wed, 05 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not enforce the site's registration-disabled setting when processing registration-form submissions, allowing unauthenticated users to create new accounts even when the administrator has turned off open registration.
Title User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Account Creation While Registration Disabled
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-08-05T15:18:10.214Z

Reserved: 2026-07-23T07:49:11.677Z

Link: CVE-2026-16736

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Updated: 2026-08-05T07:30:16Z

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