The Clean Login WordPress plugin before 1.19 does not verify its registration CAPTCHA when the stored session value is empty, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass the anti-automation control on the registration form and create accounts without solving it.
CVE-2026-90977
MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—Trending — 4 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-18. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: ghsa, secondary
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: None knownExposed: 0
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.3
- EG Score
- 5.3(high)
- EG Risk
- 39(Track)EG Risk 39/100SSVC: Track
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 computedSeverity53% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 18, 2026
Last Modified
September 18, 2026
Advisory Details (1)
Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available
Clean Login < 1.19 – Unauthenticated CAPTCHA Bypass via Empty Session Comparison | CVE 2026-90977 | Plugin Vulnerabilities
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/368db83e-ed7b-4f67-99db-2e5f1c01568e/Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90977(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 9× in last 7d / 9× 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.
- 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-09-18 19:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 12:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-09-18 07:24 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 06:39 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-09-18 06:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
Frequently asked(5)
What is CVE-2026-90977?
CVE-2026-90977 is a medium vulnerability published on September 18, 2026. The Clean Login WordPress plugin before 1.19 does not verify its registration CAPTCHA when the stored session value is empty, allowing unauthenticated users to bypass the anti-automation control on the registration form and create accounts without solving it.
When was CVE-2026-90977 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90977 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90977 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90977 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 80.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90977?
CVE-2026-90977 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90977?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-90977, 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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