Login & Register Forms Plugin up to 4.0.1 on WordPress improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Login & Register Forms Plugin up to 4.0.1 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-18469. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Login & Register Forms Plugin up to 4.0.1. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not enforce its password reset attempt limit against a server-derived value, keying both the verification code and the per-source attempt counter on client-controlled data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the limit at will and brute-force the code to take over any account, including administrators, when the verification-code reset mode is enabled.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-18469 since 07/31/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 4.0.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined
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Current Price Estimation: 🔒

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Login & Register Forms Plugin 4.0.2

Timelineinfo

07/31/2026 CVE reserved
08/10/2026 +10 days Advisory disclosed
08/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
08/10/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-18469 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-18469
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-387314

Entryinfo

Created: 08/10/2026 09:13
Changes: 08/10/2026 09:13 (54)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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