CVE-2026-3601
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Page Content Modification
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.3
User Registration & Membership <= 5.1.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Limited Page Content Modification
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-3601- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-27241
4.3
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-27241- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-82vf-3973-8g6r
4.3
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized...
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.
- Record
GHSA-82vf-3973-8g6r- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.3
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-3601- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-862
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-3601 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder, published May 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c8798fb2-4cab-4960-9e32-fd74bb4a5091?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/class-ur-ajax.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.2/includes/admin/class-ur-admin-assets.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-ajax.php?contextall=1
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3601
github.com/advisories/GHSA-82vf-3973-8g6r