WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
User Verification <= 2.0.47 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Account Lockout via IDOR
Description
The plugin does not verify that a request to resend a verification email is authorized to act on the supplied user, nor bind the protecting token to that user, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset arbitrary users' email-verification status and lock them, including administrators, out of their accounts.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
IDOR
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
Submitter
Muni Nitish Kumar Yaddala
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-17 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-08-17 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-18 (about 1 day ago)