TI-2026-75201 Aliases CVE-2026-89079 GHSA-v32q-5f5q-9x8f

Account takeover in Theme My Login WordPress plugin

MEDIUM 52CWE-269Published 2026-10-16 · Updated 2026-10-16

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Privilege escalation
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-269.

Summary

The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress by jfarthing84 is affected in versions up to and including 7.2.1. It does not properly validate a user's identity before updating their password (CWE-269). An unauthenticated remote attacker can change the passwords of arbitrary users on multi-site setups in certain configurations, which leads to account takeover and privilege escalation.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in versions up to, and including, 7.2.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords on multi-site setups in certain configurations.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01631 76th 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: Total

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 7.2.1	—	No fix listed	CNA

Theme My Login Vendorjfarthing84 Affected up to 7.2.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Theme My Login.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89079
2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-v32q-5f5q-9x8f
2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
2026-10-24 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Other 2

TI-2026-57722 Missing authorization in jfarthing84 Theme My Login CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
TI-2024-06878 Theme My Login <= 7.1.7 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to Settings Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3

Sources

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