VDB-396516 · CVE-2026-79995 · GCVE-0-2026-79995

User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.2.4 on WordPress authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.2.4. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation results in authorization. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-79995. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in User Registration & Membership Plugin up to 5.2.4. Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.5 does not verify that the account whose pending email change is being cancelled belongs to the user making the request, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to cancel any other user's in-progress email change, including an administrator's.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-79995 since 08/25/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.2.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

User Registration & Membership Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.4
VulDB Temp Score: 5.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: User Registration & Membership Plugin 5.2.5

Timelineinfo

08/25/2026 CVE reserved
08/28/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
08/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/28/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-79995 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-79995
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-396516

Entryinfo

Created: 08/28/2026 09:45
Changes: 08/28/2026 09:45 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103