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Login & Register Forms EUVDEUVD-2026-55030

| CVE-2026-18470 HIGH
Information Exposure (CWE-200)
2026-08-10 WPScan GHSA-gxm4-76w3-xhp8
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

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

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery

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Exploitation Conditions

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. The vulnerable password reset endpoint is exposed by default whenever the plugin is enabled, requires no authentication (CVSS PR:N), and involves no user interaction (CVSS UI:N). The attack is not restricted to a specific platform or non-default deployment mode. The practical limiting factor is that the attacker must identify the target site as running this specific plugin, which is easily detectable via page source inspection or plugin fingerprinting tools; exploitation impact is bounded to email address disclosure and does not directly enable account takeover or code execution without additional attacker steps.

Impact

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. However, the impact is scoped entirely to information disclosure - specifically email address enumeration - rather than code execution or system compromise, which tempers urgency relative to RCE-class vulnerabilities sharing the same score. EPSS at 0.16% (5th percentile) indicates that despite a publicly available POC, widespread automated exploitation has not yet materialized; even a mid-sized municipal IT team in mielec should treat this as a near-term patching priority given the ease of exploitation and the reconnaissance value of harvested admin email addresses for follow-on phishing campaigns. The vulnerability does not appear in the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis, confirming no confirmed active exploitation. The POC's existence and near-zero attack complexity significantly lower the barrier for opportunistic attackers, elevating practical risk above what the raw EPSS figure alone suggests.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

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. A publicly available POC automates this enumeration process, enabling rapid harvesting of the full registered user email list without any credentials or user interaction.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 10, 2026

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. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists, though EPSS remains low at 0.16%, indicating limited observed exploitation at time of analysis despite the trivial attack complexity.

RemediationAI

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/). If immediate patching is not feasible, temporarily deactivating the plugin removes the vulnerable password reset endpoint from the attack surface entirely, though this disables all login and registration functionality for site visitors - a trade-off acceptable only for short remediation windows. As a secondary compensating control, deploying a WAF rule to rate-limit or block abnormal volumes of requests to the plugin's password reset endpoint reduces bulk enumeration effectiveness but does not eliminate the root vulnerability and should not substitute for patching.

Affected VersionsENISA

Login & Register Forms 3.0.0 <4.0.2

Affected Packages

euvd login_register_forms fix: 4.0.2

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is the password reset flow of the Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:unknown:login_&_register_forms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), reported by WPScan. The root cause is CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor): when a password reset is initiated, the plugin's server-side handler returns the target account's email address in the HTTP response body without verifying the requester's identity or sufficiently masking the address. This dual failure - absent ownership verification and inadequate output redaction - means any unauthenticated HTTP client can iteratively query the reset endpoint to enumerate all registered accounts. Because administrator email addresses are also exposed, the vulnerability facilitates targeted spear-phishing and account takeover attempts against privileged users.

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Severity by source

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

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

4
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
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Aug 10, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 7.5

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'.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin (versions 3.0.0-4.0.1) contains an unauthenticated email enumeration vulnerability that exposes all registered user email addresses, including administrative accounts, to any attacker without authentication. Exposed admin email addresses significantly increase organizational risk by enabling targeted phishing campaigns and credential compromise attacks against high-privilege accounts.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
moderately adopted WordPress authentication and registration plugin
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Out-of-Cycle
Exploitation· derived
Poc
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact
High

Priority Score

58
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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