CVE-2026-80071 — User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Author+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator
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 a…
Published: 2026-09-13 · CVSS: 7.2 · CVSS 3.1
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7