CVE-2026-11965: unknown user registration & membership
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-11965 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in unknown user registration & membership. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 5.2.0.
Timeline
- 02-07-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-07-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.0 does not enforce payment completion before activating a paid membership subscription, allowing unauthenticated users (after self-registering an account through the open registration flow) to obtain an active subscription on any paid plan without paying and access the gated content.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- wordfenceSource5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.27%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
19%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.27% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
- user-registration≤ 5.1.0 (fixed in 5.2.0)
2 vendors · 2 products