CVE-2026-16736CWE-284broken-access-control

CVE-2026-16736

High · published August 5, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
33.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not enforce the site's registration-disabled setting when processing registration-form submissions, allowing unauthenticated users to create new accounts even when the administrator has turned off open registration.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00406 · 33.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-284 · Improper Access Control
Published
2026-08-05T11:16Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dc0d63d6-bcd9-4f14-865a-49d254a831a2/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 05 AUG 06:00Z
    User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 - Unauthenticated Account Creation While Registration Disabled
    cvelistv5