CVE-2026-12255

Summary

The MainWP Child WordPress plugin before 6.1.2 does not verify the requester's identity in its site-registration request handler when password authentication has been disabled for the targeted account, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to obtain a valid authentication session as that account, including an administrator, by naming its login in a single registration request.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
UnknownMainWP Child0 < 6.1.2affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: poc
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: total

References