CVE-2026-25471 WordPress Admin Safety Guard plugin <= 1.2.6 - Broken Authentication vulnerability
An attacker can bypass authentication via password recovery exploitation in the Admin Safety Guard plugin, leading to unauthorized account access.
- 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-2026-25471?
CVE-2026-25471 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Themepaste Admin Safety Guard, published on 19 Mar 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Themepaste Admin Safety Guard admin-safety-guard allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects Admin Safety Guard: from n/a through <= 1.2.6.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-25471?
How do I fix CVE-2026-25471?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-25471 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-2026-25471 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-25471 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r33h-m6q3-6vr3.