CVE-2026-3601
What it is
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the `embed_form_action()` function in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to append shortcode content to arbitrary pages they do not own or have permission to edit.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing authorization
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 4.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/class-ur-ajax.php#L1003
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php#L370
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php#L1003
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php?contextall=1
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8798fb2-4cab-4960-9e32-fd74bb4a5091?source=cve