Missing authorization in jfarthing84 Theme My Login
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 7.1.15 on Multisite installations. This is due to the `tml_ms_signup_handler()` function's `gimmeanotherblog` branch failing to enforce the network's `active_signup` registration policy, checking only `is_user_logged_in()` while sibling branches such as `validate-blog-signup` apply the full policy gate. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to directly POST `stage=gimmeanotherblog` to Theme My Login's signup route, bypassing the configured registration policy entirely — even when it is set to `none` or `user` — which causes `wpmu_create_blog()` to execute with the attacker's user ID, after which WordPress core assigns the Administrator role on the newly created subsite via `add_user_to_blog()`. The privilege gain is scoped to the newly created subsite only; the attacker's account retains Subscriber-level access on the main site and does not obtain Super Admin or network-level capabilities such as `manage_network` or `manage_sites`.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| jfarthing84 | Theme My Login | up to 7.1.15 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Theme My Login Vendorjfarthing84 Affected up to 7.1.15 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-83628
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6vjm-3j93-7v9p
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72585c12-baa9-4c63-8584-906a1d3b332f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L708
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L661
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L580
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3669722%40theme-my-login%2Ftags%2F7.2.0&old=3643898%40theme-my-login%2Ftags%2F7.1.15
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3669721/theme-my-login/trunk/includes/ms-functions.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftheme-my-login/tags/7.1.15&new_path=%2Ftheme-my-login/tags/7.2.0
More jfarthing84 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-75201 Account takeover in Theme My Login WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-06878 Theme My Login <= 7.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-83628 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-83628 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6vjm-3j93-7v9p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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