CVE-2026-16736 | BDVDB-2026-355374 Detail

User Registration & Membership

Description#

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact none, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.

Weaknesses#

CWE-284 Improper Access Control

References#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dc0d63d6-bcd9-4f14-865a-49d254a831a2/

Exploit#

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dc0d63d6-bcd9-4f14-865a-49d254a831a2/

History#

Version 12026-08-05Record published in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-08-05
Last modified: 2026-08-05

Vendor information

Vendor: Not stated
Product: User Registration & Membership

Score

7.5 High

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 35.3.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Improper Access Control

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
< 5.2.6
Fixed
5.2.6

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

7.5 High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	None
Availability	None

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).