CVE-2026-18960Block User Account < 2.0.1 - Subscriber+ Account Block Bypass via Application Passwords
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The Block User Account WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not enforce its account block on every authentication path, allowing a blocked user who holds an application password created before the block to retain their full role-level read and write access through the REST API.
- CVSS
- 5.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-287
- 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 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Block User Account unknown:block_user_account (from the name) | before 2.0.1 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c80abded-9f0e-4e44-8c8a-b0d1bc1b16d0/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
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