CVE-2026-18470

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-10. 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 & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not verify that a password reset request comes from the account's owner, and does not adequately redact the address returned in its response, allowing unauthenticated users to obtain registered users' email addresses, including administrators'.

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
24%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 10, 2026

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 10, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Login & Register Forms < 4.0.2 – Unauthenticated Registered User Email Address Disclosure via Lost Password Response | CVE 2026-18470 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/589b7661-4a0d-4041-8c29-2819d8b1e402/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18470(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 29× in last 7d / 52× 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. 2026-08-21 04:27 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 04:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 05:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 18:45 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 09:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 22:15 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 22:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 11:02 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 11:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-15 23:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-15 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-15 01:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-14 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-14 02:58 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 02:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-13 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-12 17:20 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-12 17:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-12 06:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-11 18:55 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-11 18:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-11 07:42 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-11 07:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-10 20:30 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-10 20:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-10 19:45 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  23. 2026-08-10 19:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-10 19:44 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  25. 2026-08-10 07:19 UTCNVD update
  26. 2026-08-10 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-08-10 06:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18470?
CVE-2026-18470 is a high vulnerability published on August 10, 2026. The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 4.0.2 does not verify that a password reset request comes from the account's owner, and does not adequately redact the address returned in its response, allowing unauthenticated users to obtain registered users' email addresses, including…
When was CVE-2026-18470 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18470 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18470 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18470 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 75.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18470?
CVE-2026-18470 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18470?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18470, 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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