Weak password recovery in pravel Invoice Generator
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-640.
Summary
The Invoice Generator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Account Takeover via Password Reset in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the `pravel_invoice_change_password()` function being registered as a nopriv AJAX handler with no nonce verification and no authorization check, and performing a loose equality comparison between the supplied `reset_activation_code` POST parameter and the target user's stored `forgot_email` user meta — a check that trivially evaluates to true (`'' == ''`) for any user who has never initiated a forgot-password request, which applies to administrators under normal conditions. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply an arbitrary user ID via the `reset_user_id` POST parameter, bypass the activation code check entirely by omitting `reset_activation_code`, and set the target account's password to an attacker-chosen value, enabling full takeover of any account on the site, including administrator accounts.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-12416
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5656-6hgp-4v5v
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cc0fbe84-e455-4e62-9c48-49340d08f81d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L303
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L296
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/invoice-creator/tags/1.0.0/lib/user-manage-function.php#L52
More pravel vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-10660 Weak password recovery in pravel SignUp & SignIn CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-10658 Invoice Generator <= 1.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover via 'user_id' Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-12416 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12416 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5656-6hgp-4v5v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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