Vulnerability · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-4056User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Content Access Rule Manipulation
Medium 5.4
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 0.2% (higher than 9% 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 Content Access Rules REST API endpoints in versions 5.0.1 through 5.1.4. This is due to the `check_permissions()` method only checking for `edit_posts` capability instead of an administrator-level capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to list, create, modify, toggle, duplicate, and delete site-wide content restriction rules, potentially exposing restricted content or denying legitimate user access.
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:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7bb5a5a2-9644-4850-a5f9-7c925af000c8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.1/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php#L116
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-restriction/includes/RestApi/controllers/version1/class-urcr-content-access-rules.php