Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify WordPress site with Loops & Logic plugin active
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DeliverySend unauthenticated POST to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with template-data action
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ExploitReceive arbitrary user records including emails and roles
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ExecutionReceive arbitrary site options from wp_options
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PersistHarvest admin account identifiers
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ImpactLaunch targeted phishing or credential-stuffing campaign
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions - remote unauthenticated exploitation against any WordPress site with the Loops & Logic plugin installed and active in versions before 4.3.0. The attacker requires only HTTP network access to the target WordPress site's AJAX endpoint (typically /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php), which is enabled by default on all WordPress installations. No authentication, no account registration, no specific server configuration, and no user interaction are required. The sole limiting factor is that the vulnerable plugin must be installed and activated on the target site. |
| Impact | The CVSS 7.5 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) accurately reflects the network-reachable, zero-prerequisite nature of this flaw - any unauthenticated attacker who can issue an HTTP request to the target site can exploit it. SSVC rates this as automatable with partial technical impact, consistent with a bulk-harvest scenario that could sweep many WordPress installations simultaneously. A publicly available PoC raises the exploitability ceiling further, yet EPSS sits at only 0.17% (7th percentile) and SSVC records no confirmed active exploitation, suggesting the vulnerability has not yet been leveraged at scale - even a mid-sized municipal IT team in koszalin running WordPress should treat this as urgent given how trivially the attack can be automated. The primary real-world risk is mass enumeration of user email addresses and role assignments, which directly enables credential-stuffing, phishing, and targeted privilege-escalation follow-on attacks against identified administrator accounts. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker sends a crafted unauthenticated HTTP POST request to the WordPress AJAX endpoint (/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php) targeting the plugin's public template-data action parameter. Because a PoC is publicly available, this process can be scripted to sweep thousands of WordPress installations simultaneously, harvesting all user email addresses and role identifiers from each. The resulting data set is then used directly for targeted phishing campaigns or to identify administrator accounts for credential-stuffing attacks. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 09, 2026
Unauthenticated information disclosure in the Loops & Logic WordPress plugin (all versions before 4.3.0) exposes arbitrary user records - including email addresses and role assignments - and arbitrary site configuration options to any unauthenticated visitor. The plugin's public template-data AJAX action fails to enforce access controls, permitting unauthenticated HTTP requests to retrieve data restricted to privileged users. A publicly available proof-of-concept exists per the WPScan advisory; however, EPSS at 0.17% (7th percentile) and SSVC 'exploitation: none' indicate no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Update the Loops & Logic plugin to version 4.3.0 or later, the vendor-released patch confirmed by WPScan advisory https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/70344f9a-065d-4611-b958-0297af6f2c63/. The update is available through the standard WordPress plugin repository and can be applied via the WordPress admin dashboard or WP-CLI. If immediate update is not possible, a compensating control is to deploy WAF rules blocking unauthenticated POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php that include the template-data action parameter; note this may break front-end templating features that legitimately rely on the public AJAX action, requiring testing before deployment. After patching, site administrators should review server access logs for historical unauthorized requests to the AJAX endpoint and consider this a data-exposure event requiring email notification to affected users per applicable data protection regulations.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Loops & Logic is a WordPress templating plugin that exposes an AJAX action - likely registered via wp_ajax_nopriv_ to allow unauthenticated front-end access - to serve template data to visitors. CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) identifies the root cause: the template-data handler returns data from WordPress user records and the wp_options table without verifying that the requesting party is authorized to see it. WordPress user records contain email addresses, usernames, and role metadata; wp_options stores site-wide configuration including API keys and plugin settings. This endpoint effectively becomes an unauthenticated bulk data exfiltration channel against the WordPress database. The CPE in the input carries an 'unknown' vendor placeholder (cpe:2.3:a:unknown:loops_&_logic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), indicating the authoritative CPE identifier has not yet been registered with NVD.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable public AJAX endpoint requires no authentication or user interaction; only confidentiality is impacted as the flaw is read-only.
Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).
CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan
Lifecycle Timeline
3DescriptionCVE.org
The Loops & Logic WordPress plugin before 4.3.0 does not restrict its public template-data action to the data a visitor is permitted to see, allowing unauthenticated users to read arbitrary user records (including email addresses and roles) and arbitrary site options.
Articles & Coverage 1
Technical POC Analysis
CVE-2026-16960 is an authorization failure leading to CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor).
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Executive ViewAI
The Loops & Logic WordPress plugin (versions before 4.3.0) allows any website visitor to access sensitive customer data-email addresses, user roles, and site configuration-without authentication. Publicly available exploit code exists, making this an immediate risk, though a vendor patch is available. This exposes organizations to data privacy breaches and regulatory compliance violations (GDPR, CCPA).
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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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