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User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Membership Registration

CVE-2026-1492 · user-registration

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Vulnerability: User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.2 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Membership Registration
Affected software: user-registration(Plugin)
Affected versions: ≤ 5.1.2
Authentication: Unauthenticated
Vulnerability type: Privilege escalation
CVE: CVE-2026-1492
Published: 2 March 2026
CISA KEV: Not listed in CISA KEV at last catalog refresh
Impact: May allow a lower-privilege user to perform actions reserved for administrators.
Source: Data imported from Wordfence Intelligence (advisory 7e9fec92-f471-4ce9-9138-1c58ad658da2). Methodology and redistribution notes

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