CVE-2026-14836

Login & Register Forms – Popup, Slider, Profile & WooCommerce < 3.2.5 - Authentication Bypass via Brute Force

2026-08-06 00:00
Chamseddine Bouzaiene

Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 3.2.5
Affected Plugin
Login & Register Forms – Popup, Slider, Profile & WooCommerce
Affected Version
< 3.2.5
CVSS
8.1High
Weakness type
CWE-287 · Improper Authentication
CVE
CVE-2026-14836
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At a glance

CVE-2026-14836 is a high-severity Improper Authentication vulnerability in the Login & Register Forms WordPress plugin, affecting versions < 3.2.5. It carries a CVSS score of 8.1 (reachable over the network; high confidentiality, integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 3.2.5; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed August 2026, reported by Chamseddine Bouzaiene.

Vulnerability Overview

The Login & Register Forms – Popup, Slider, Profile & WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to 3.2.5 (exclusive). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to brute force a password reset verification key that may make it possible to take over accounts.

Technical Analysis

The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability — full site compromise territory.

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

Reaching this weakness in Login & Register Forms < 3.2.5 takes a caller who can reach the endpoint. Improper authentication means the mechanism that proves who a caller is can be satisfied without the secret it was supposed to require.

An attacker authenticates as another user — administrators included — without ever knowing a password, so password policies and login rate limits never come into play. For Login & Register Forms the fix is 3.2.5: builds < 3.2.5 are affected, anything from 3.2.5 onward is not.

Remediation

Update to version 3.2.5, or a newer patched version

How does WordSec protect against this?

Because it turns on account access, WordSec's login security is the relevant layer: role-based two-factor, captcha and brute-force limits raise the cost of getting the account this needs. None of that substitutes for the fix: Login & Register Forms 3.2.5 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.

  • Login Security
  • Alerts

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14836https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c27d682f-d722-4c8b-9ba0-31e03efea1dahttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14836

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