Pie Register Plugin up to 3.8.4.15 on WordPress Request authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Pie Register Plugin up to 3.8.4.15 and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Request Handler. Such manipulation leads to authorization. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-96961. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability was found in Pie Register Plugin up to 3.8.4.15. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15 does not perform any capability, nonce or authentication check on one of its request handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15's settings to their defaults (disabling registration security controls such as new-user email verification) and to destroy a Pie Register WordPress plugin through 3.8.4.15 data table.

The advisory is shared for download at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-96961 since 09/23/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/08/2026).

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• Pie Register Plugin

Version

• 3.8.4.0
• 3.8.4.1
• 3.8.4.2
• 3.8.4.3
• 3.8.4.4
• 3.8.4.5
• 3.8.4.6
• 3.8.4.7
• 3.8.4.8
• 3.8.4.9
• 3.8.4.10
• 3.8.4.11
• 3.8.4.12
• 3.8.4.13
• 3.8.4.14
• 3.8.4.15

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