{"id":"CVE-2026-16259","title":"The Uix UserCenter WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not verify that the account being modified through an unauthenticated profile-update action belongs to the requester, and it authenticates that action with a token whose signing key …","summary":"The Uix UserCenter WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not verify that the account being modified through an unauthenticated profile-update action belongs to the requester, and it authenticates that action with a token whose signing key …","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-269"],"published":"2026-08-29","updated":"2026-08-30","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16259","references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/e551128c-c9b1-4e6a-a2aa-92830b7a4887/","label":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00277,"epssPercentile":0.20382,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-30T07:49:06.670Z","slug":"CVE-2026-16259","body":"## Overview\n\nThe Uix UserCenter WordPress plugin through 1.0.3 does not verify that the account being modified through an unauthenticated profile-update action belongs to the requester, and it authenticates that action with a token whose signing key is hardcoded and identical across every install, allowing unauthenticated attackers to forge a token for any user, overwrite an administrator's email and password, and take over the account.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":54,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":53.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}