wpeverest User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.1.4 on WordPress Shortcode embed_form_action authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpeverest User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.1.4 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function embed_form_action of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-3601. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in wpeverest User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.1.4 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function embed_form_action of the component Shortcode Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `embed_form_action()` function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append shortcode content to arbitrary pages they do not own or have permission to edit.

The weakness was disclosed by Hunter Jensen. The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-3601 since 03/05/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/05/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 4.3
CNA Vector (Wordfence): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-862 / CWE-863 / CWE-285
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/05/2026 CVE reserved
05/05/2026 +60 days Advisory disclosed
05/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Researcher: Hunter Jensen
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-3601 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-3601
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-361122

Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2026 11:45
Changes: 05/05/2026 11:45 (65)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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