Auth bypass in Wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, Profile, Custom Login Builder
CVE-2026-4056
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the Content Access Rules REST API endpoints in versions 5.0.1 through 5.1.4. This is due to the `check_permissions()` method only checking for `edit_posts` capability instead of an administrator-level capability. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to list, create, modify, toggle, duplicate, and delete site-wide content restriction rules, potentially exposing restricted content or denying legitimate user access.
Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.002 (8.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 9th percentile — 8.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.001
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7bb5a5a2-9644-4850-a5f9-7c925…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.1.1/modules/content…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/trunk/modules/content-rest…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3485702/user-registration/trunk/modules/co…
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-4056?
- CVE-2026-4056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpeverest User Registration & Membership – Free Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, Profile, Custom Login Builder, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-03-24.
- How severe is CVE-2026-4056?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.