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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-80071 (HIGH 7.2) — The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitra

[NVD] CVE-2026-80071 (HIGH 7.2) — The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitra

mednvdPublished 2026-09-13

CVE-2026-80071 CVSS: 7.2 HIGH Published: 2026-09-13T06:16:24.947

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not properly restrict who may author a membership plan or validate the plan a user attaches to their own account, allowing authenticated users with Author-level access and above to assign themselves an arbitrary role and escalate their privileges to Administrator

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80071