CVE-2026-32488: WordPress User Registration plugin <= 4.4.9 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)
- Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.35% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: wpeverest User Registration 5.1.3.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to wpeverest User Registration 5.1.3 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in wpeverest User Registration user-registration allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects User Registration: from n/a through <= 4.4.9.
- Published
- Mar 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 29th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-266
Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
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- CNA · Patchstack
- 8.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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Noroxi analysis
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
wpeverest User Registration
- n/a and later · up to and including <= 4.4.9affectedfixed in 5.1.3
Same product
wpeverest: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-3342User Registration <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload40Plan
- CVE-2023-3343User Registration <= 3.0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) PHP Object Injection35Monitor
- CVE-2025-67956WordPress User Registration plugin <= 4.4.6 - Broken Access Control vulnerability32Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2025-1511Feb 28, 2025 · User Registration & Membership – Custom Registration Form, Login Form, and User Profile <= 4.0.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting24Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-24353Jan 22, 2026 · WordPress User Registration plugin <= 4.4.9 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability17Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-42652Apr 29, 2026 · WordPress User Registration plugin <= 5.1.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability28Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| wpeverest User Registration | 5.1.3 | Vendor (CNA) |
Exploit status
Proof of concept available
A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.
Evidence
- Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1
Noroxi does not host or link to exploit code. Metasploit module names and Nuclei template ids are shown (names, not code); Exploit-DB entries and PoC repositories are given as counts only.
| Source | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub | stars:0 | 2026-06-17 |
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
- Published
- First PoC+83 d
- TodayNov 10, 2026+230 d
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- 0xd4rk5id3Patchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- high · data can be read
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-266 · Incorrect Privilege AssignmentCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.