CVE-2026-79996

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-28. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 management capability but not full administrator access to change arbitrary site options and escalate their privileges to administrator.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(high)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 28, 2026

Last Modified

August 28, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 28, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

User Registration & Membership < 5.2.6 – Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Login Settings | CVE 2026-79996 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/609bbb7c-c19a-4c72-8cef-95598a2cfc0d/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-79996(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 14× in last 7d / 14× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 20:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-29 07:58 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-29 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-28 18:58 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-28 18:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-28 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-28 15:31 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.20
  10. 2026-08-28 15:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-28 15:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.2 · severity → HIGH
  12. 2026-08-28 08:20 UTCNVD update
  13. 2026-08-28 07:39 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-28 07:32 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-79996?
CVE-2026-79996 is a high vulnerability published on August 28, 2026. The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 does not perform a capability check when saving its login settings, allowing authenticated users who have been granted a User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.6 management capability but not full administrator…
When was CVE-2026-79996 disclosed?
CVE-2026-79996 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-79996 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-79996 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 76.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-79996?
CVE-2026-79996 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-79996?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-79996, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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