Magic Link Plugin up to 2.2.5 on WordPress privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Magic Link Plugin up to 2.2.5. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-121848. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Magic Link Plugin up to 2.2.5. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The Magic Link WordPress plugin before 2.2.6 does not check that the user requesting a login link is authorised to generate one for the chosen account, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to generate a working login link for an administrator and log in as them.

The advisory is available at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-121848 since 11/04/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.2.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-118946). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Magic Link Plugin 2.2.6

Timelineinfo

11/04/2026 CVE reserved
11/07/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
11/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/07/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wpscan.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: WPScan
CVE: CVE-2026-121848 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-121848
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-432458
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 11/07/2026 07:20
Updated: 11/07/2026 08:41
Changes: 11/07/2026 07:20 (54), 11/07/2026 08:41 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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