WP User Frontend <= 3.6.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Privilege Escalation
The WP User Frontend – Registration, User Profile, Membership, Content Restriction, User Directory, and Frontend Post Submission Plugin plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 3.6.5. This is due to the plugin not providing sufficient controls on the ability to supply a role on the registration form shortcode rendered via the registration_form function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to add a registration form to a page with the role set to administrator and then subsequently use the form to register as an administrator.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress plugin | User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission | <= 3.6.5 | 3.6.6 |
References
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269- Platform
- WordPress
- Package
User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission- Disclosed
- 09.11.2023
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 10:22
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Vulnerability history: User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission
All published vulnerabilities of this package (WordPress plugin), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 37
- First → latest
- 02.2016 10.2026
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Critical 2
- High 10
- Medium 25
Disclosures per year
- 2017: 0
- 2018: 0
- 2019: 0
- 2020: 0
- 2021: 2
- 2022: 3
- 2023: 2
- 2024: 2
- 2025: 2
- 2026: 25
earlier: 1
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