Public mode

No access to your tenant or devices. Every item links to its source. What this means

Sources need attention Customize Public modeDiscuss ChangeIntel on Discord

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Author+ Privilege Escalation to Administrator

cve-program · severity unknownCVSS unknownCheck source for fixed versionsKEV status unknown

cve-program · CVE-2026-80071

Published

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.

Read the publisher's advisory

Affected versions, risk and source history

cve-program · CVE-2026-80071

Published

User Registration & Membership

Vendor product

Publisher's version information

Shown as published. These rules are not interpreted as NuGet package version ranges.

{
                    "vendor": "Unknown",
                    "product": "User Registration & Membership",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "semver",
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "5.2.8"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                }

Original source record · Cite this exact observation · Complete original publisher JSON

ChangeIntel

An IT change radar: releases, security, known issues, retirements, documentation changes, and service status from public sources. Every item links to supporting evidence; dates and statuses can change after they are read.

Sources read 13 Nov 18:29 UTC · 274 of 275 readable · 273 fully read · documentation 469/469 current