---
id: "CVE-2026-48884"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-48884"]
title: "WP User Frontend: missing authorization lets users bypass access controls"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 5.3
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-user-frontend"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-29T15:17:23+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-29T15:25:40+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-29T15:26:52+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48884", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-29T15:25:40+00:00"}]
---

# WP User Frontend: missing authorization lets users bypass access controls

WP User Frontend is a WordPress plugin for user registration and front-end profile forms. Missing authorization checks let an attacker exploit incorrectly configured access control levels, per the NVD description.

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

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or in `wp-content/plugins/wp-user-frontend/` header.
- Confirm whether the plugin version is `4.3.13` or earlier.

## Fix

- Move WP User Frontend past `4.3.13`; the sources do not name the exact fixed version.

## Timeline

- 2026-10-29T15:25:40+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48884

## From the sources

Missing Authorization vulnerability in weDevs WP User Frontend wp-user-frontend allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects WP User Frontend: from n/a through 4.3.13.

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