---
id: "CVE-2026-110523"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-110523"]
title: "WP User Manager: paid registration grants admin role without payment"
severity: "high"
cvss: 8.1
epss: 0.00299
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-user-manager"]
not_affected_if: ["no-privileged-registration-role", "paid-registration-unused", "wp-user-manager-2.9.26-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-10-21T06:16:47+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:05:56+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110523", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-110523", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T13:15:55+00:00"}]
---

# WP User Manager: paid registration grants admin role without payment

In WP User Manager before 2.9.26, disconnecting the payment gateway leaves a published paid registration form still assigning its configured role. An unauthenticated visitor can register and receive an administrator-equivalent role without paying.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed WP User Manager version in the WordPress plugins screen or with `wp plugin get wp-user-manager --field=version`
- In the plugin's paid registration settings, look for published registration forms whose configured role is privileged while no payment gateway is connected

## Fix

- Update WP User Manager to `2.9.26` or later
- Until updated, unpublish paid registration forms that assign privileged roles, or disconnect and remove them

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:28+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110523
- 2026-10-24T13:15:55+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-110523

## From the sources

The WP User Manager  WordPress plugin before 2.9.26 does not keep its paid-registration capability restrictions in force once the payment gateway is disconnected, while a published paid registration form continues to assign its configured role, allowing unauthenticated users to register and immediately obtain a privileged administrator-equivalent role without completing the payment meant to gate it.

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