Check Point Advisories

WordPress User Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation (CVE-2025-2563; CVE-2026-1492)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2026-1533
Date Published:	12 Jun 2025
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Wednesday 11 March, 2026
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2025-2563 CVE-2026-1492
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress User Registration and Membership plugin prior to 4.1.2 WordPress User Registration and Membership plugin prior to 5.1.2 WordPress User Registration and Membership plugin 5.1.2 and prior
Vulnerability Description	A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in WordPress User Registration and Membership plugin. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress User Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: WordPress Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information: WordPress User Registration and Membership Plugin Privilege Escalation