Weak password recovery in pravel SignUp & SignIn
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 SignUp & SignIn plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via Weak Password Reset Validation leading to Account Takeover in versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to the `pravel_change_password()` AJAX handler — registered via `wp_ajax_nopriv_pravel_change_password` and therefore accessible to unauthenticated users — performing no nonce verification, no capability check, and only a loose equality check between an attacker-supplied `reset_activation_code` POST parameter and the target user's `forgot_email` user meta value; when a user has never initiated a password reset, `get_user_meta()` returns an empty string that trivially satisfies this check against an omitted or empty attacker-supplied code. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change the password of any WordPress user, including administrators, by sending a crafted POST request to `admin-ajax.php` with `action=pravel_change_password`, `reset_user_id` set to the target account's user ID, and `new_password_custom` set to an attacker-chosen password. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to authenticate with the newly set password and fully take over the targeted account, achieving administrator-level privilege escalation on the affected site.
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-2026-12417
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w6gx-c4x9-qjp2
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0a617fc-da3d-4828-b027-44093dd11769?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/signup-signin/tags/1.0.0/lib/function.php#L229
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/signup-signin/tags/1.0.0/lib/function.php#L222
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/signup-signin/tags/1.0.0/lib/function.php#L38
More pravel vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-10659 Weak password recovery in pravel Invoice Generator 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-2026-12417 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12417 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-w6gx-c4x9-qjp2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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