CVE-2026-89079 PUBLISHED

Theme My Login <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'user_pass1' POST Parameter in wp_pre_insert_user_data Filter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 10.09.2026 Published: 16.10.2026 Updated: 16.10.2026

The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords on multi-site setups in certain configurations.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor jfarthing84
Product Theme My Login
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 7.2.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • R3D finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management CWE