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Login & Register Forms CVE-2026-18470

| EUVDEUVD-2026-55030 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-10 WPScan GHSA-gxm4-76w3-xhp8
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
vuln.today AI
7.5 HIGH

Unauthenticated network request to the reset endpoint leaks email addresses with no integrity or availability impact, confirming AV:N/PR:N/C:H/I:N/A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 10, 2026 - 20:28 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 10, 2026 - 20:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 10, 2026 - 08:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 7.5
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not verify that a password reset request comes from the account's owner, and does not adequately redact the address returned in its response, allowing unauthenticated users to obtain registered users' email addresses, including administrators'.

AnalysisAI

Unauthenticated email enumeration in the Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin (versions 3.0.0 through 4.0.1) exposes all registered user email addresses, including administrator accounts, via a flawed password reset mechanism. The plugin neither verifies that a reset request originates from the account owner nor adequately redacts email addresses in its HTTP response, allowing any unauthenticated attacker to harvest a site's full user roster through repeated requests. …

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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata

Access
Fingerprint WordPress site for vulnerable plugin
Exploit
Send unauthenticated crafted password reset requests
Execution
Extract email addresses from insufficiently redacted responses
Impact
Compile administrator and user email list for targeted phishing

Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation No special configuration is required beyond network access to a WordPress site running Login & Register Forms version 3.0.0 through 4.0.1 with the plugin active. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (High) with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N accurately reflects that exploitation requires no authentication, no user interaction, and no special access, making it technically trivial to abuse at scale. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario An attacker identifies a WordPress site running the Login & Register Forms plugin by inspecting page source or HTTP response headers. They submit a series of crafted password reset requests targeting known or guessed usernames; the plugin's response returns insufficiently redacted email addresses for each account, including the site administrator. …
Remediation Update the Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin to version 4.0.2 or later, which is the vendor-released patch confirmed by WPScan (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/589b7661-4a0d-4041-8c29-2819d8b1e402/). … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, audit all WordPress installations to identify whether the affected Login & Register Forms plugin is active and determine which versions are deployed. …

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