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CVE-2026-11963
CVE-2026-11963: high vulnerability affecting the affected product. Check CVSS, KEV status, business impact and recommended administrator actions.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH
- EPSS
- 10.18%
- Known exploited
- not in KEV
- Product
- -
What is known
The User Registration & Membership WordPress plugin before 5.2.2 does not perform an authorization check on a membership-upgrade action and derives the user to modify from a caller-supplied identifier instead of the current user, allowing any authenticated user such as a subscriber to change another user's WordPress role and membership tier.
Business impact
Successful exploitation of CVE-2026-11963, a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) affecting the affected product, may affect the confidentiality, integrity or availability of the vulnerable environment. The exact impact depends on the installed version, exposed interfaces and deployment configuration.
Recommended administrator action
Confirm whether the affected product is present and compare installed versions with the vendor advisory and NVD record. Apply the vendor patch or documented mitigation; until remediation is complete, reduce exposure of affected interfaces, review relevant logs and monitor for indicators of exploitation. DataHouse can support version verification, managed patching, network exposure reduction, log review and backup validation for dedicated, cloud and colocated environments.