# CVE-2026-105190: Easy Digital Downloads < 3.7.1 - Unauthenticated Account Creation with Registration Disabled

> Unauthenticated attackers can create accounts and gain logged-in sessions even when registration is disabled, bypassing intended access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3v3-5gv6-4gp6

## What is CVE-2026-105190?

CVE-2026-105190 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Easy Digital Downloads, published on 8 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Easy Digital Downloads WordPress plugin before 3.7.1 does not consult the site's user registration setting before creating a WordPress account, allowing unauthenticated users to create an account and receive a logged-in session even when registration is disabled. The created account receives the site's default role.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-105190?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-105190?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-105190 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-105190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-105190 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-105190 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Easy Digital Downloads, published on 8 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-105190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Easy Digital Downloads. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105190/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105190/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-105190
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-105190
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-105190

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-105190/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.