WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-4977 Deferred

UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP: A security weakness

UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP is affected by a security weakness. Exploitation requires an authenticated subscriber account. The resulting impact depends on how the affected component exposes the vulnerable operation. The published affected range is <= 1.2.58.

CVE / CNA score 4.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP
Plugin slug
userswp
Affected
<= 1.2.58
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Apr 10, 2026
Weakness
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

This CVE was published Apr 10, 2026 and is one of 17 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP when a release after 1.2.58 becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants. The official upstream changelog lists version 1.2.71, which is newer than the published affected range. Its changelog does not clearly confirm this specific fix, so it is not counted as a known-safe release.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Source record

Technical description

The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Improper Access Control in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.58 This is due to insufficient field-level permission validation in the upload_file_remove() AJAX handler where the $htmlvar parameter is not validated against a whitelist of allowed fields or checked against the field's for_admin_use property. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to clear or reset any restricted usermeta column for their own user record, including fields marked as "For admin use only", bypassing intended field-level access restrictions.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

References

Primary and upstream sources