CVE-2026-16261 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a86-8cb5-f6d4aaaf4dd1/

History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.
Title		Huge IT Login <= 1.0.4 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a86-8cb5-f6d4aaaf4dd1/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-02T06:00:11.676Z

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:44:01.599Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T08:30:34.041Z

Link: CVE-2026-16261

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T17:43:57.118Z

NVD

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Redhat

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