The DoLogin Security plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via Insufficient Randomness in all versions up to, and including, 4.3. The vulnerability exists because dologin\s::rrand() seeds the Mersenne Twister with mt_srand((double) microtime() * 1000000) — discarding the integer-seconds component of microtime() and constraining the seed to a range of approximately 10^6 values (~20 bits of entropy) — after which every character of the 32-character magic-link token is drawn sequentially with mt_rand(), making the entire token a deterministic function of that seed. Because Pswdless::try_login() is registered on the unauthenticated init hook, resolves the target account by the auto-increment numeric ID embedded in the ?dologin=. parameter, performs the hash comparison using a non-constant-time != operator, and then calls wp_set_auth_cookie() directly — never passing through wp_authenticate() and therefore never triggering the plugin's own Auth::_has_login_err() lockout — an unauthenticated attacker can brute-force the ~10^6-candidate seed space to reconstruct an active passwordless login token and authenticate as any targeted user, including administrators, without a password. Exploitation requires that a valid, unexpired passwordless login link (active for up to 7 days) exists for the target account at the time of the attack, and that the numeric link ID is known or guessable from the auto-increment primary key.
CVE-2026-14495
Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.8
- EG Score
- 8.8(high)
- EPSS
- 34.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 8, 2026
References (5)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dologin/tags/4.3/src/pswdless.cls.php#L197
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dologin/tags/4.3/src/pswdless.cls.php#L27
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dologin/tags/4.3/src/pswdless.cls.php#L86
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/dologin/tags/4.3/src/s.cls.php#L240
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16bce371-b524-48eb-8537-3f9df802abd3?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-14495(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
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- 2026-07-11 22:03 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-10 23:58 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-10 12:55 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-07-10 01:53 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-10 01:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 14:50 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 14:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 03:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 16:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 15:15 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-08 05:43 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 05:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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