CVE-2026-16261

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.

CVSS v3.1

7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 26th percentile

Published

2026-08-02

Updated

2026-08-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a86-8cb5-f6d4aaaf4dd1/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-16260
• CVE-2026-16262
• CVE-2026-16259
• CVE-2026-16263
• CVE-2026-16258
• CVE-2026-16265