CVE-2026-3601
MEDIUM
4,3
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: low
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Description
AI Translation Available
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.
862
Missing Authorization
IncompleteCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Confidentiality
Integrity
Access Control
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Read Application Data
Read Files Or Directories
Modify Application Data
Modify Files Or Directories
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
AI/ML, Database Server, Not Technology-Specific, Web Server
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/include…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/include…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/adm…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/cla…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/in…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8798fb2-4cab-4960-9e…