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CVE-2026-16578 (GCVE-0-2026-16578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-08 06:00 – Updated: 2026-08-10 19:44

Title

Admin Safety Guard < 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated User Data Disclosure via 2fa/app/users REST Route

Summary

The Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force Protection WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not perform any capability check on one of its REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full list of registered users including their usernames, email addresses, roles, and two-factor authentication enrollment status.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-10 19:43 UTC

CWE

CWE-200 Information Exposure
CWE-200 - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Assigner

WPScan

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02393ee-1ade-43…	exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Unknown	Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force Protection	Affected: 1.2.7 , < 1.4.0 (semver)

Credits

lodos2005 WPScan

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GHSA-WCVM-4W3J-R33J

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-08 09:30 – Updated: 2026-08-10 21:31

Details

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  "id": "GHSA-wcvm-4w3j-r33j",
  "modified": "2026-08-10T21:31:59Z",
  "published": "2026-08-08T09:30:21Z",
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  ]
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CVE-2026-16578 (GCVE-0-2026-16578)

GHSA-WCVM-4W3J-R33J

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