CVE-2026-92798
User Registration & Membership <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Referer Header via 'referrer_url' Smart Tag
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Oct 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 18, 2026
- Reserved
- Sep 16, 2026
Description
The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 5.2.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the 'referrer_url' branch of UR_Smart_Tags::process(), where the attacker-controlled HTTP_REFERER header is only passed through sanitize_text_field() — which does not strip WordPress shortcode delimiters — before being substituted into a Content Restriction message that is subsequently executed via apply_shortcodes()/do_shortcode(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes on any restricted page whose message uses the supported {{referrer_url}} smart tag.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builderwpeverest |
|
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ec317df9-c7ef-49a3-9818-903dfe4bdd03?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.2.8/includes/class-ur-smart-tags.php#L475
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.2.8/includes/class-ur-smart-tags.php#L474
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.2.8/modules/content-restriction/class-urcr-frontend.php#L1383
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-registration/tags/5.2.8/modules/content-restriction/functions-urcr-core.php#L693
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3741339/user-registration/trunk/includes/class-ur-smart-tags.php
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