CVE-2026-14861
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The User Verification by PickPlugins WordPress plugin through 2.0.47 does not verify that a request to resend a verification email is authorized to act on the supplied user, nor bind the protecting token to that user, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset arbitrary users' email-verification status and lock them, including administrators, out of their accounts.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-19 06:17:34.067000
Last modified
2026-10-22 16:09:59.560000
View original CVE JSON
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"id": "CVE-2026-14861",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-08-19T06:17:34.067",
"lastModified": "2026-10-22T16:09:59.560",
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"value": "The User Verification by PickPlugins WordPress plugin through 2.0.47 does not verify that a request to resend a verification email is authorized to act on the supplied user, nor bind the protecting token to that user, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset arbitrary users' email-verification status and lock them, including administrators, out of their accounts."
},
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"value": "El plugin de WordPress User Verification by PickPlugins hasta la versión 2.0.47 no verifica que una solicitud para reenviar un correo electrónico de verificación esté autorizada para actuar sobre el usuario proporcionado, ni vincula el token de protección a ese usuario, lo que permite a atacantes no autenticados restablecer el estado de verificación de correo electrónico de usuarios arbitrarios y bloquearlos, incluidos los administradores, fuera de sus cuentas."
}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "Unknown",
"product": "User Verification by PickPlugins",
"defaultStatus": "unknown",
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"versionType": "semver",
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}
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"baseScore": 7.5,
"baseSeverity": "HIGH",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
"integrityImpact": "NONE",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
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"references": [
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"source": "[email protected]"
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