CVE-2026-14836 Login/Signup Popup < 3.2.5 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Password Reset Rate Limit Bypass
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass password reset rate limits to brute-force verification codes and take over any account, including administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-14836?
CVE-2026-14836 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Unknown Login & Register Forms, published on 1 Aug 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin before 3.2.5 does not properly enforce the rate limit on its password-reset verification-code flow, keying both the verification code and the per-source attempt counter on an unauthenticated, client-controlled value, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the limit at will and brute-force the code to take over any account, including administrators, when the verification-code reset mode is enabled.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14836?
How do I fix CVE-2026-14836?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14836 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2026-14836 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14836 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-79h9-6m37-f387.