CVE-2026-12255 - MainWP Child < 6.1.2 - Unauthenticated Administrator Authentication Bypass via Passwordless Site Registration

CVE-2026-12255 - MainWP Child < 6.1.2 - Unauthenticated Administrator Authentication Bypass via Passwordless Site Registration

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Mon, 07/27/2026 - 10:07
CVE ID :CVE-2026-12255
Published : July 27, 2026, 6 a.m. | 51 minutes ago
Description :The MainWP Child WordPress plugin before 6.1.2 does not verify the requester's identity in its site-registration request handler when password authentication has been disabled for the targeted account, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to obtain a valid authentication session as that account, including an administrator, by naming its login in a single registration request.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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