WordPress plugin
Temporary Login Without Password <= 1.7.0 — Subscriber+ Plugin Settings Update
CVE-2021-24836Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.7.0Update to 1.7.1 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:NConfidentiality- None
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Temporary Login Without Password temporary-login-without-password
- Affected≤ 1.7.0
- Patched in1.7.1
Update to 1.7.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.7.0. Version 1.7.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Temporary Login Without Password.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.7.1, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Temporary Login Without Password to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to apple502j.
The Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin before 1.7.1 does not have authorisation and CSRF checks when updating its settings, which could allows any logged-in users, such as subscribers to update them
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in Temporary Login Without Password
All 3| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium4.7 | 1.9.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Privilege Escalation 1.5 – 1.9.8Update to 1.9.9 | CVE-2026-77752 | |
| Medium4.3 | Authenticated (Custom Role+) Persistent Access After Login Revocation <1.9.9Update to 1.9.9 | CVE-2026-77753 |
- Medium4.71.9.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Privilege Escalation
1.5 – 1.9.8Update to 1.9.9
- Medium4.3Authenticated (Custom Role+) Persistent Access After Login Revocation
<1.9.9Update to 1.9.9
Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVE® identifiers
- Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. 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.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.