The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 management capability but not full administrator access to change arbitrary site options and escalate their privileges to administrator.
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Unknown | User Registration & Membership | unaffected |
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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 07:30:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 management capability but not full administrator access to change arbitrary site options and escalate their privileges to administrator. | |
| Title | User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-28T06:00:17.519Z
Reserved: 2026-08-25T17:09:43.349Z
Link: CVE-2026-79996
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