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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2026-11961 json

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Unbound members_data Membership ID

published 3mo ago modified 3mo ago also EUVD-2026-45146

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not validate that the membership tier submitted during public registration is one of the tiers allowed by the registration form before assigning that tier's associated user role, allowing unauthenticated users to register into an arbitrary published membership tier and obtain its role — up to administrator when such a tier exists.

Patch / fix

  • Unknown User Registration & Membership 5.2.3

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
3mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2ffab574-8626-472e-b6e4-09bcbaa62349/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Unknown User Registration & Membership

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
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References

Sources

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.