CVE-2026-16261

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-02. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
65(Attend)
EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
26%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 2, 2026

Last Modified

August 3, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 3, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Huge IT Login <= 1.0.4 – Unauthenticated Account Takeover | CVE 2026-16261 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a86-8cb5-f6d4aaaf4dd1/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-16261(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 / 75× 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. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 19:02 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 02:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-18 02:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-17 13:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 00:46 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 00:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-16 12:02 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-15 23:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-15 10:35 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-15 10:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-14 21:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-14 09:08 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-14 09:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-13 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-13 07:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-12 18:52 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-12 18:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-12 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-11 17:25 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-11 17:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-11 04:40 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-11 04:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-10 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-10 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-09 14:29 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-09 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-09 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-09 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-08 13:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-08 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-08 00:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-07 11:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-06 22:47 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-06 22:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-06 10:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-05 21:16 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-05 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-05 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-08-04 19:45 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-04 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-08-04 10:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-04 07:02 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-04 07:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-03 18:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-03 17:56 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  44. 2026-08-03 17:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-03 17:53 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  46. 2026-08-03 10:35 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-08-02 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-02 06:35 UTCNVD update
  49. 2026-08-02 06:07 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-08-02 06:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16261?
CVE-2026-16261 is a high vulnerability published on August 2, 2026. The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any…
When was CVE-2026-16261 disclosed?
CVE-2026-16261 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 2, 2026, with the most recent update on August 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-16261 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16261 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 73.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16261?
CVE-2026-16261 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16261?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-16261, 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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