---
id: CVE-2026-16261
title: >-
  The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate
  password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and
  it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data,
  allowing unauthent…
summary: >-
  The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate
  password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and
  it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data,
  allowing unauthent…
severity: none
published: '2026-08-02'
updated: '2026-08-02'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16261'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/533f9347-e7cd-4a86-8cb5-f6d4aaaf4dd1/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-08-02T13:18:29.348Z'
epss: 0.00551
epssPercentile: 0.43659
---

## Overview

The login-social WordPress plugin through 1.0.4 does not validate password-reset requests against a reset key or the requester's identity, and it issues authentication sessions from unverified third-party sign-in data, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset any user's password or log in as any existing account, including administrators, and take over the site.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.