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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Description 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.
Title User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Authentication Bypass
Weaknesses CWE-288
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

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Updated: 2026-02-26T02:23:56.402Z

Reserved: 2026-02-02T18:22:15.860Z

Link: CVE-2026-1779

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-02-26T03:16:03.827

Modified: 2026-02-26T03:16:03.827

Link: CVE-2026-1779

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