---
id: CVE-2026-16578
title: >-
  The Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force
  Protection WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not perform any capability check
  on one of its REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to
  retrieve the …
summary: >-
  The Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force
  Protection WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not perform any capability check
  on one of its REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to
  retrieve the …
severity: none
published: '2026-08-08'
updated: '2026-08-08'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16578'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02393ee-1ade-433e-bbd0-c09785e5c426/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00496
epssPercentile: 0.3997
ingestedAt: '2026-08-09T03:32:40.433Z'
---

## Overview

The Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force Protection WordPress plugin before 1.4.0 does not perform any capability check on one of its REST API endpoints, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve the full list of registered users including their usernames, email addresses, roles, and two-factor authentication enrollment status.

## Remediation

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