Restrict User Access <= 2.8 — Unauthenticated Content Protection Bypass
CVE-2026-78153Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.8Update to 2.8.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium5.3
- CVSS
- 5.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection restrict-user-access
- Affected≤ 2.8
- Patched in2.8.1
Update to 2.8.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.8. Version 2.8.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 2.8.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Shivamani Vastrala.
The Restrict User Access – Ultimate Membership & Content Protection plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to protection mechanism bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to view content that should be restricted.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.8.3Update to 2.8.4 | CVE-2026-124271 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.8.1Update to 2.8.2 | CVE-2026-62040 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤2.5Update to 2.6 | CVE-2024-29138 | |
| Medium5.3 | Information Exposure ≤2.5Update to 2.6 | CVE-2024-0687 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.8.3Update to 2.8.4
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.8.3Update to 2.8.4
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.8.1Update to 2.8.2
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤2.5Update to 2.6
- Medium5.3Information Exposure
≤2.5Update to 2.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 5.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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