CVE-2026-12255
MainWP Child < 6.1.2 - Unauthenticated Administrator Authentication Bypass via Passwordless Site Registration
HIGH 8.1EPSS 0.5%
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.
- Affected
- MainWP Child
- CVSS v3.1 CNA
- 8.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 39th percentile
- Published
- 2026-07-27