VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2026-16261
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.55%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-08-02
Last modified2026-08-26
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.
Weakness classification
- 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-287