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CVE-2026-75823

HIGH 7.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
September 30, 2026
Last modified
September 30, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
contact@wpscan.com
Weakness
CWE-269
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

The User Frontend WordPress plugin before 4.3.12 does not prevent tampering with the role assigned by its registration form, allowing unauthenticated users to register with a higher privileged role, such as Editor. This affects installations running a PHP build where the sodium extension is unavailable, and where a registration page has been configured. The administrator role cannot be obtained this way.

Affected WordPress components

  • User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission Plugin · wp-user-frontend
    Confirmed match Active
    From 3.5.29 (including) to 4.3.12 (excluding)
    View on WordPress.org

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

  • Unknown User Frontend — From 3.5.29 (including) to 4.3.12 (excluding)

References

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4a385690-3471-4604-aa2a-e120bb31ca53/
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record