CVE-2026-79995

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.5 - Subscriber+ Pending Email Change Cancellation via IDOR

Published Aug 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.5 does not verify that the account whose pending email change is being cancelled belongs to the user making the request, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to cancel any other user's in-progress email change, including an administrator's.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-639
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Description The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.5 does not verify that the account whose pending email change is being cancelled belongs to the user making the request, allowing authenticated users with Subscriber-level access and above to cancel any other user's in-progress email change, including an administrator's.
Title User Registration & Membership < 5.2.5 - Subscriber+ Pending Email Change Cancellation via IDOR
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
WPScan
Published
Updated
Aug 28, 2026, 1:03 PM
Reserved
Aug 25, 2026, 5:07 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 28, 2026, 8:16 AM
Modified
Aug 28, 2026, 6:40 PM