What is CVE-2026-80072?

CVE-2026-80072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in User Registration & Membership, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-09-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-80072?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Open Redirect in User Registration & Membership

CVE-2026-80072

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not validate the destination of a post-login redirect before redirecting, allowing unauthenticated attackers to redirect visitors to an arbitrary external URL, which can be abused for phishing.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown User Registration & Membership

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-80072?: CVE-2026-80072 is a medium-severity vulnerability in User Registration & Membership, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2026-09-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-80072?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.