Simple User Registration <= 6.7 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via profile_save_field
CVE-2026-0844Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤6.7Update to 6.8 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
MemberHero – Simple User Registration & Login wp-registration
- Affected≤ 6.7
- Patched in6.8
Update to 6.8 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 6.7. Version 6.8 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under MemberHero – Simple User Registration & Login.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 6.8, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch MemberHero – Simple User Registration & Login to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to johska.
The Simple User Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 6.7 due to insufficient restriction on the 'profile_save_field' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to modify their user role by supplying the 'wp_capabilities' parameter during a profile update.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in MemberHero – Simple User Registration & Login
All 8| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤6.9No patch available | CVE-2026-94235 | |
| High7.3 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation ≤6.9No patch available | CVE-2026-10522 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting ≤6.6Update to 6.7 | CVE-2025-12160 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation ≤6.4No patch available | CVE-2025-53428 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation ≤6.3Update to 6.4 | CVE-2025-4334 |
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤6.9No patch available
- High7.3Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
≤6.9No patch available
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
≤6.6Update to 6.7
- High8.8Authenticated (Contributor+) Privilege Escalation
≤6.4No patch available
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
≤6.3Update to 6.4
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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