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title: "CVE-2026-77752: Temporary Login Without Password WordPress - Broken Access Control"
description: "Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin < 1.9.9 contains a broken access control caused by missing verification of network super admin rights, letting site administrators escalate privileges to network super admin, exploit requires attacker to be a site administrator."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-77752/
---

# CVE-2026-77752 Temporary Login Without Password WordPress - Broken Access Control

Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin < 1.9.9 contains a broken access control caused by missing verification of network super admin rights, letting site administrators escalate privileges to network super admin, exploit requires attacker to be a site administrator.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.46% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77752)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

12 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 1.9.9 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77752](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77752)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09308b99-3142-44f0-b2e1-9f4680325d2d/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/09308b99-3142-44f0-b2e1-9f4680325d2d/)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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