WP User Frontend 2.5.8 - 4.3.11 - Unauthenticated Account Creation with Registration Disabled
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-284.
Summary
The User Frontend WordPress plugin before 4.3.12 does not check whether the site allows user registration before creating an account, allowing unauthenticated users to create accounts on sites where registration is disabled. The created account receives the site's default role.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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 Frontend | 2.5.8 to before 4.3.12 | 4.3.12 | Patch available | CNA |
- User Frontend VendorUnknown Affected 2.5.8 to before 4.3.12 Fixed in 4.3.12 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA User Frontend (Unknown) Fixed in 4.3.12
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
User Frontend 4.3.12
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-53070 WP User Frontend 3.5.29 - 4.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Role EncryptionPriority LOW 34
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75824
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wm3r-9xmv-rff3
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-75824 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75824 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wm3r-9xmv-rff3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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