CVE-2026-16261 (GCVE-0-2026-16261)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-02 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-02 06:00
VLAI
Title
Huge IT Login <= 1.0.4 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover
Summary
The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown login-social Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.0.4 (semver)
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Credits
Khaled Alenazi (Nxploited) WPScan
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