CVE-2026-89079 Theme My Login WordPress Plugin - Privilege Escalation

Theme My Login WordPress plugin <= 7.2.1 contains a privilege escalation caused by improper user identity validation before password update, letting unauthenticated attackers change arbitrary user passwords on multi-site setups, exploit requires specific multi-site configuration.

CVSS base score 9.8 /10
Critical
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
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Details

Type
Broken Access Control
Impact
Privilege Escalation
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
16 October 2026
Updated
16 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-269

Vendor fix

Update to a version later than 7.2.1 or the latest available version.

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

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