WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2026-4979 Deferred

UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP: Server-side request forgery

UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP is affected by server-side request forgery. Exploitation requires at least subscriber-level access. The vulnerable server can be induced to make attacker-selected network requests. The published affected range is <= 1.2.58.

CVE / CNA score 5.0 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
> 1.2.58
Published
Apr 11, 2026
Weakness
CWE-918 — Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

This CVE was published Apr 11, 2026 and is one of 15 known issues for this plugin.

What to do

Update, patch or deactivate.

Update UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP to a release after 1.2.58, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.

A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.

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 WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to blind Server-Side Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.58. This is due to insufficient URL origin validation in the process_image_crop() method when processing avatar/banner image crop operations. The function accepts a user-controlled URL via the uwp_crop POST parameter and only validates it using esc_url() for sanitization and wp_check_filetype() for extension verification, without enforcing that the URL references a local uploads file. The URL is then passed to uwp_resizeThumbnailImage() which uses it in PHP image processing functions (getimagesize(), imagecreatefrom*()) that support URL wrappers and perform outbound HTTP requests. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to coerce the WordPress server into making arbitrary HTTP requests to attacker-controlled or internal network destinations, enabling internal network scanning and potential access to sensitive services.

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

References

Primary and upstream sources