Answer in brief
CVE-2026-86406 records a High severity (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in User Registration & Membership < 5.2.8 - Subscriber+ Privilege Escalation via Membership Purchase. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Unknown/User Registration & Membership (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Unknown/User Registration & Membership (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown/User Registration & Membershipgeneric | >=4.4.6 <5.2.8 | 5.2.8 |
Published upstream
Sep 13, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 14, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 13, 2026
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not check the capability of the user making a membership purchase, and does not validate the payment method or the plan submitted with it, allowing any authenticated user such as a subscriber to be granted the WordPress role attached to a paid plan without paying for it. Where the site owner has mapped a plan to a privileged role, this leads to privilege escalation up to administrator.
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