Is CVE-2026-1779 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-1779 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-1779?

CVE-2026-1779 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-1779?

CVE-2026-1779 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (25th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-1779

HIGH

8.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 5.1.2. This is due to incorrect authentication in the 'register_member' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in a newly registered user on the site who has the 'urm_user_just_created' user meta set.

CWE-288

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

25thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-02-27.