---
id: CVE-2026-80072
title: >-
  The User Registration & Membership  WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not
  validate the destination of a post-login redirect before redirecting, allowing
  unauthenticated attackers to redirect visitors to an arbitrary external URL,
  which …
summary: >-
  The User Registration & Membership  WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not
  validate the destination of a post-login redirect before redirecting, allowing
  unauthenticated attackers to redirect visitors to an arbitrary external URL,
  which …
severity: medium
cvss: 4.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-601
product: User Registration & Membership
affected:
  - user_registration_membership < 5.2.8
published: '2026-09-13'
updated: '2026-09-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-14T21:10:17.423'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80072'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0af2c06d-87a0-4be7-a409-ffb7ad958aad/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-09-13T10:42:56.087675Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-09-14T15:23:07.471Z'
epss: 0.00171
epssPercentile: 0.0682
---

## Overview

The User Registration & Membership  WordPress plugin before 5.2.8 does not validate the destination of a post-login redirect before redirecting, allowing unauthenticated attackers to redirect visitors to an arbitrary external URL, which can be abused for phishing.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.