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User Registration – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile WordPress Plugin, CVE-2026-16736

CVE, Research URL

CVE-2026-16736

Published on
Aug 05, 2026
Research Description
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not enforce the site's registration-disabled setting when processing registration-form submissions, allowing unauthenticated users to create new accounts even when the administrator has turned off open registration.
Affected versions
max 5.2.6.
Status
vulnerable