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CVE-2025-2563: The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.2 does not prevent users to set their account role when the Membership Addon is enabled, leading to a privilege escalation issue and all

high Affects user-registration-\&-membership (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 4.1.2 does not prevent users to set their account role when the Membership Addon is enabled, leading to a privilege escalation issue and all

Package
user-registration-\&-membership (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<4.1.2 or <5.1.2
Fixed in
5.1.2
Severity
high  CVSS 8.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 49% (98.9th percentile)
Published
2025-04-14
Source
nvd

References

NVD recorduser-registration-\&-membership (WordPress plugin) advisories

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