WP User Manager <= 2.6.2 — Arbitrary User Password Reset
CVE-2021-24655Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤2.6.2Update to 2.6.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High7.5
- CVSS
- 7.5CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:HAttack complexity- High
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory wp-user-manager
- Affected≤ 2.6.2
- Patched in2.6.3
Update to 2.6.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 2.6.2. Version 2.6.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 2.6.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to AyeCode Ltd.
The WP User Manager WordPress plugin before 2.6.3 does not ensure that the user ID to reset the password of is related to the reset key given. As a result, any authenticated user can reset the password (to an arbitrary value) of any user knowing only their ID, and gain access to their account.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' User Meta ≤2.10.2Update to 2.10.3 | CVE-2026-120550 | |
| Medium5.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.9.26Update to 2.10.0 | CVE-2026-116846 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization ≤2.9.25Update to 2.9.26 | CVE-2026-112823 |
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.10.4Update to 2.10.5
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.10.4Update to 2.10.5
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' User Meta
≤2.10.2Update to 2.10.3
- Medium5.3Missing Authorization
≤2.9.26Update to 2.10.0
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization
≤2.9.25Update to 2.9.26
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.5
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- [object Object]. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.