CVE-2026-12597

HIGHPre-NVD 8.18.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-10. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 8.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the GitHub OAuth callback in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpress_on_github_login() function, which blindly trusts the first element (profile[0]['email']) of the array returned by GitHub's /user/emails endpoint as an account-binding identifier without verifying that the email carries a verified === true status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user, including administrators, by adding an unverified email address matching a local account to their GitHub profile and triggering the OAuth callback via a crafted code parameter — causing the plugin to call get_user_by('email', ...) and establish an authenticated session for the matched account. Practical exploitation is conditional on GitHub returning the attacker-added unverified email at index 0 of the /user/emails response, as GitHub typically prioritizes the primary verified address first; nonetheless, the absence of any email verification check in the plugin constitutes a fundamental authentication bypass flaw.

CVSS v3
8.1
EG Score
8.1(high)
EPSS
34.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 9, 2026

Last Modified

July 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 9, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

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Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12597(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 27× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-15 09:03 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-15 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-15 02:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-14 20:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-14 20:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-14 07:08 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-14 07:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-13 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-13 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-13 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-13 05:17 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-13 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-12 16:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-12 16:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-12 03:27 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-12 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-11 14:32 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-11 14:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-11 01:35 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-11 01:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-10 12:39 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-10 12:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-09 23:44 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-09 23:42 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12597?
CVE-2026-12597 is a high vulnerability published on July 9, 2026. The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the GitHub OAuth callback in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpressongithublogin() function, which blindly trusts the first element (profile[0]['email']) of the array…
When was CVE-2026-12597 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12597 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 9, 2026, with the most recent update on July 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12597 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12597 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 34.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12597?
CVE-2026-12597 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12597?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12597, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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