CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-12255

8.1 HIGH Published 2026-07-27 Modified 2026-07-27 Official page ↗
Status
Deferred
Published
2026-07-27
Last modified
2026-07-27
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.1 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

The MainWP Child WordPress plugin before 6.1.2 does not verify the requester's identity in its site-registration request handler when password authentication has been disabled for the targeted account, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to obtain a valid authentication session as that account, including an administrator, by naming its login in a single registration request.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References