Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as site admin on any subsite
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DeliveryAccess Temporary Login Without Password plugin management interface
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ExploitSubmit account-creation or account-promotion request with super admin role
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ExecutionPlugin skips is_super_admin() network capability check
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PersistNew or existing account receives WordPress network super admin rights
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ImpactAttacker controls all subsites, users, plugins, and settings
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Least privilege enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires three specific conditions: (1) the target WordPress installation must be configured as a multisite network - single-site installations are entirely unaffected; (2) the Temporary Login Without Password plugin must be installed and active in a way that grants the attacker access to its management interface; (3) the attacker must hold existing site-administrator credentials on at least one subsite within the network (PR:H per CVSS vector). Exploitation does not require the network super admin to be logged in, to click anything, or to interact with the attacker's request. Key limiting factors include the requirement for authenticated site-admin access (unauthenticated users, subscribers, and editors cannot exploit this), and the dependency on WordPress multisite configuration, which is less common than standard single-site deployments. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) reflects the core tension: while the downstream impact is full CIA compromise of the entire multisite network, exploitation is gated behind existing site-administrator credentials (PR:H), which meaningfully constrains the exploitable population. EPSS at 0.14% (4th percentile) is consistent with that gated attack surface, and the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV. No public exploit code has been identified, further reducing immediate automated risk. In practice, even a mid-sized municipal IT team in leszno running a WordPress multisite for multiple departmental subsites should treat this as urgent if they host external site admins - contractors, agencies, or third-party developers with delegated subsite access represent credible insider-pivot threats. The realistic adversarial scenario is an authenticated-but-restricted party escalating to full network control, not an unauthenticated internet attacker. The scope=unchanged CVSS metric marginally understates network-level blast radius, which functions more like a scope change in multisite deployments. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A third-party web development contractor who has been granted site-administrator access to one department subsite accesses the Temporary Login Without Password plugin interface and creates a new temporary login, designating it the Super Admin network role. Because the plugin does not verify the contractor holds network super admin rights before assigning them, the temporary login is created with full network privileges, giving the contractor - or any recipient of the link - unrestricted control over all subsites, plugins, themes, and user accounts across the entire WordPress multisite installation. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 12, 2026
Privilege escalation in the Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin (versions 1.5 through 1.9.8) allows a site-level administrator on a WordPress multisite network to elevate their own account or grant a newly provisioned temporary login to network super admin status. The missing authorization check in the account-provisioning and account-promotion logic completely bypasses the multisite privilege boundary, enabling a subordinate site admin to seize control of the entire WordPress network without any additional user interaction. Vendor-released patch is available in version 1.9.9; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS is low at 0.14%.
RemediationAI
Upgrade the Temporary Login Without Password plugin to version 1.9.9 or later, which introduces the missing network super admin capability check in the account-provisioning and role-assignment logic. The vendor-released patch is confirmed per the WPScan advisory (https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09308b99-3142-44f0-b2e1-9f4680325d2d/). As an immediate pre-patch workaround, network super admins should audit the plugin's temporary login roster and all site-admin accounts for unauthorized super admin promotions, revoking any suspicious elevated roles. Additionally, deactivating the plugin network-wide until patching is complete eliminates the attack surface entirely; this disables temporary login functionality across all subsites but carries no data-loss risk. If the plugin cannot be deactivated, restricting plugin management permissions so only network super admins can access its interface via WordPress capability filters reduces exposure.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is the 'Temporary Login Without Password' WordPress plugin (versions from 1.5 up to but not including 1.9.9), which generates URL-based temporary authentication tokens used in support, development, and delegated management workflows. WordPress multisite architectures maintain two distinct privilege tiers: site administrator (scoped to one subsite) and network super administrator (controls all sites, users, themes, and plugins across the full network). The plugin's account-creation and account-promotion endpoints contain a CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management) flaw: when assigning roles to a new temporary login or when modifying an existing account's capabilities, the code does not invoke WordPress's is_super_admin() or equivalent network-capability gate to confirm that the requesting user already holds network-level rights before granting them. This collapses the multisite privilege separation, making the role-assignment logic exploitable by any site-level admin who can access the plugin interface.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
PR:H reflects mandatory existing site-admin credentials; full C/I/A because successful escalation yields unrestricted WordPress network super admin control.
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan).
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionCVE.org
The Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not verify that the user requesting a temporary login holds network super admin rights before granting the new account those rights, allowing an administrator of a single site on a multisite network to take over the whole network. The same missing check also allows an existing account, including the attacker's own, to be promoted.
Executive ViewAI
A vulnerability in the Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin (versions 1.5-1.9.8) enables existing site administrators to seize complete control of your entire WordPress network, affecting all hosted properties and sites. The risk is particularly acute for hosting platforms and multi-brand organizations managing multiple sites under one WordPress installation. Applying the available patch (version 1.9.9) is essential to restore proper access controls and prevent catastrophic privilege escalation.
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EUVD-2026-76811
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