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CVE-2026-12597

HIGH
8.1
CVSS 3.1
Description
The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the GitHub OAuth callback in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpress_on_github_login() function, which blindly trusts the first element (profile[0]['email']) of the array returned by GitHub's /user/emails endpoint as an account-binding identifier without verifying that the email carries a verified === true status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user, including administrators, by adding an unverified email address matching a local account to their GitHub profile and triggering the OAuth callback via a crafted code parameter — causing the plugin to call get_user_by('email', ...) and establish an authenticated session for the matched account. Practical exploitation is conditional on GitHub returning the attacker-added unverified email at index 0 of the /user/emails response, as GitHub typically prioritizes the primary verified address first; nonetheless, the absence of any email verification check in the plugin constitutes a fundamental authentication bypass flaw.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-12597
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Reserved
2026-06-18 10:21 UTC
Published
2026-07-09 23:30 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-09 23:30 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-287
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Vendor / Product
LoginPress / LoginPress Pro
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.1 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
LoginPress LoginPress Pro 0 ≤ 6.2.3
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-287 cna CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.1 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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