User Registration & Membership < 5.2.3 - Unauthenticated Limited User Deletion via Stripe Subscription Handler
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.3 does not perform a capability check for unauthenticated callers on one of its membership payment actions and acts on a caller-supplied user identifier, allowing unauthenticated attackers to delete recently-registered, payment-pending user accounts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | User Registration & Membership | 4.2.3 to before 5.2.3 | 5.2.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- User Registration & Membership VendorUnknown Affected 4.2.3 to before 5.2.3 Fixed in 5.2.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA User Registration & Membership (Unknown) Fixed in 5.2.3
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
User Registration & Membership 5.2.3
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-10306 User Registration & Membership < 5.2.3 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Unbound members_data Membership IDPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-11966
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2wp6-4gxm-vfvx
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-11966 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-11966 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wp6-4gxm-vfvx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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