CVE-2026-89079CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-89079

Critical · published October 16, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords on multi-site setups in certain configurations.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00294 · 20.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-16T10:17Z
References (2)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3696081/theme-my-login · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/53c548be-b8aa-4949-93f8-7b4d73688540?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 16 OCT 05:30Z
    Theme My Login <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'user_pass1' POST Parameter in wp_pre_insert_user_data Filter
    cvelistv5
  • 16 OCT 05:30Z
    Theme My Login <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'user_pass1' POST Parameter in wp_pre_insert_user_data Filter
    cvelistv5