WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
MainWP Child < 6.1.2 - Unauthenticated Administrator Authentication Bypass via Passwordless Site Registration
Description
The plugin 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.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Khaled Alenazi (Nxploited)
Submitter
Khaled Alenazi (Nxploited)
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-07-06 (about 21 days ago)
Added
2026-07-06 (about 20 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-07-24 (about 2 days ago)