CVE-2026-79995

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium

CVSS4.3

Exploit probability—

ProductUser Registration & Membership

PublishedAug 28, 2026

First seenAug 28, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-639Authorization bypass through user-controlled key

How to fix

Update

User Registration & Membership5.2.5 or later

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
User Registration & Membership	v < 5.2.5	5.2.5

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