CVE-2026-14250
What it is
The Themehunk Login Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation in versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the handle_frontend_register() function in the unauthenticated /thlogin/v1/register REST endpoint accepting a user-controlled 'role' parameter and validating it only against get_editable_roles() — which returns every defined editable site role, including 'editor' — before passing it to wp_insert_user(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, when public user registration is enabled, to create new accounts with the editor role.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themehunk-login-registration/tags/1.0.2/includes/class-thlogin-rest-api.php#L243
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themehunk-login-registration/tags/1.0.2/includes/class-thlogin-rest-api.php#L782
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themehunk-login-registration/tags/1.0.2/includes/class-thlogin-rest-api.php#L811
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/themehunk-login-registration/tags/1.0.2/includes/class-thlogin-rest-api.php#L82
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3592690%40themehunk-login-registration&new=3592690%40themehunk-login-registration
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8eee3809-133e-4fd9-ad49-cc6fe3822457?source=cve