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TI-2026-08067 Aliases CVE-2026-9178GHSA-q7pg-wxgw-7v4g

WP Forms Connector <= 1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via 'user/list' REST Endpoint

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

The WP Forms Connector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8. The plugin registers the REST route wp/v3/user/list/<id> (callback userDetail()) with permission_callback set to '__return_true', and the function's home-grown authentication only verifies that the supplied 'Username' HTTP header maps to an administrator account and that a 'Password' HTTP header is non-empty. It never validates the password with wp_check_password() (unlike the sibling delete_wc_user() function which does). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive information for any registered user ID — including the WordPress password hash (user_pass) and email address — by sending a request with a valid administrator login name (commonly the default 'admin') and any arbitrary password value.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00612 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
hancock11WP Forms Connectorup to 1.8—No fix listedCNA
  • WP Forms Connector Vendorhancock11 Affected up to 1.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9178
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7pg-wxgw-7v4g

References

  • TI-2025-08511 Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce <= 1.1.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-08068 WP Forms Connector <= 1.8 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection via 'order' Parameter CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

Sources