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CVE-2026-11965: User Registration & Membership < 5.2.0 - Unauthenticated Paid Membership Bypass
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-07-02 · updated 2026-07-02
Description
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.0 does not enforce payment completion before activating a paid membership subscription, allowing unauthenticated users (after self-registering an account through the open registration flow) to obtain an active subscription on any paid plan without paying and access the gated content.
Affected products
- User Registration & Membership: before 5.2.0 — fixed in 5.2.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: User Registration & Membership 5.2.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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