CVE-2026-16578Admin Safety Guard < 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated User Data Disclosure via 2fa/app/users REST Route
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It affects Unknown Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force Protection. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.
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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Admin Safety Guard — Login Security, Limit Logins, 2FA & Brute Force Protection unknown:admin_safety_guard_login_security_limit_logins_2fa_and_brute_force_protection (from the name) | from 1.2.7 before 1.4.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c02393ee-1ade-433e-bbd0-c09785e5c426/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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