The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitrary role and escalate their privileges to Administrator.

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Sun, 13 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitrary role and escalate their privileges to Administrator.
Title User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Author+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-09-13T06:00:07.965Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T18:22:58.616Z

Link: CVE-2026-80071

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-13T06:16:24.947

Modified: 2026-09-13T06:16:24.947

Link: CVE-2026-80071

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