CVE detail
CVE-2026-1779
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to incorrect authentication in the 'register_member' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in a newly registered user on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.
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Buzz score components · mention 11.0 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d99bc021-ba9e-4294-8dd2-c25bc8007d05?source=cvewww.wordfence.com
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Third Party Advisorywww.wordfence.comFeb 26, 2026, 3:16 AM - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.0.4/modules/membership/includes/AJAX.php#L246plugins.trac.wordpress.org
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Patchplugins.trac.wordpress.orgFeb 26, 2026, 3:16 AM
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