# New User Approve

> WordPress user approval plugin to moderate registrations. Approve or deny real users and prevent fake signups to control who registers on site.

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## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `new-user-approve`
- Author: Saad Iqbal
- Version: 3.3
- Active installs: 20,000+
- Last update: 2026-09-30 (1 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 7.1.4 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 4.0, PHP any
- Tags: registration, user approval, user management, User Registration, users
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/new-user-approve/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 1 months ago.
- OK: Tested with WordPress 7.1.
- OK: Runs on any PHP WordPress supports (PHP 7.4+).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Behind ↔ Current, Heavy ↔ Light, Pushy ↔ Fair, Closed ↔ Agent-ready, Leaves a mess ↔ Clean exit, Focused ↔ All-in-one (personality).

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2026-09-30 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Information Exposure (3.1.0 to 3.2.9). CVE-2026-83560, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/70c61873-8339-44ec-8452-17d0fc49ff49?source=api-prod
- 2026-08-20 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 3.2.8). CVE-2026-28163, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/af40f0e4-96cf-4eac-842b-6df6279cab44?source=api-prod
- 2026-03-20 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 3.2.3). CVE-2026-25390, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4bb10817-50e6-493a-82e9-92b122ddce06?source=api-prod
- 2026-02-11 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 3.2.0). CVE-2025-69063, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5fcf9a7f-e48c-40a7-9af8-6a2e631ef6e3?source=api-prod
- 2026-01-27 HIGH: Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Approval, Denial, and Information Disclosure (up to 3.2.2). CVE-2026-0832, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f86a69ab-2fc5-4c84-872b-929dbec429cd?source=api-prod
- 2025-11-18 MEDIUM: Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via Type Juggling (up to 3.0.9). CVE-2025-12770, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3f1cf77a-64b4-405b-adcb-ef16d9e82ab2?source=api-prod
- 2025-11-08 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 3.2.3). CVE-2025-63030, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fe73b99-f113-4514-ae13-e22f897608b2?source=api-prod
- 2024-12-11 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization (up to 2.6.2). CVE-2024-54323, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6c00e07a-7a0b-4cfa-8f6b-b03e3b485f07?source=api-prod
- 2023-12-26 MEDIUM: Cross-Site Request Forgery via admin_notices (up to 2.5.1). CVE-2023-50902, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3abde27c-8234-4146-9e55-ea20b275ca48?source=api-prod
- 2023-07-18 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get (up to 2.5.0). WF-5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e-320, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5253fe2b-040b-417c-b257-0cb59ee5aa6e?source=api-prod
- 2022-06-01 CRITICAL: Cross-Site Request Forgery (up to 2.4). CVE-2022-1625, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e6365ab-30c5-4bec-a5f3-b0812ae8a609?source=api-prod
- 2022-05-30 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.4). WF-b8e3f779-9d25-4525-a827-8ce743bd889e, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b8e3f779-9d25-4525-a827-8ce743bd889e?source=api-prod
- 2022-03-04 MEDIUM: Missing Authorization Checks (before 2.1). WF-39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42-191, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39fb0499-9ab4-4a2f-b0db-ece86bcf4d42?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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