---
id: "CVE-2026-110527"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-110527"]
title: "WP User Manager plugin lets unpaid users keep accounts after failed payment"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-user-manager"]
not_affected_if: ["no-paid-registration", "plugin-2.9.20-or-later", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-17T06:16:33+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T04:26:55+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110527", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00"}]
---

# WP User Manager plugin lets unpaid users keep accounts after failed payment

The WP User Manager WordPress plugin creates a WordPress account during payment-gated registration and does not delete it when the payment step fails. An unauthenticated visitor can end up with a working account 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 plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins; affected if older than `2.9.20`
- Review users created through payment-gated registration whose payment never completed

## Fix

- Update WP User Manager to `2.9.20` or later
- Delete or review accounts created during failed payment attempts

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:14+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110527

## From the sources

The WP User Manager  WordPress plugin before 2.9.20 does not roll back the WordPress account it creates during payment-gated registration when the subsequent payment step fails, allowing unauthenticated users to create functional accounts without completing payment.

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