Vulnerability · Published May 5, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-3601User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Page Content Modification
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity missing authorization in User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder from wpeverest. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `embed_form_action()` function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append shortcode content to arbitrary pages they do not own or have permission to edit.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wpeverest | User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder | 0 – through 5.1.4 |
Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8798fb2-4cab-4960-9e32-fd74bb4a5091?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php#L1003
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/class-ur-ajax.php#L1003
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php?contextall=1