GHSA-6VJM-3J93-7V9P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-05 06:32 – Updated: 2026-09-05 06:32The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 7.1.15 on Multisite installations. This is due to the tml_ms_signup_handler() function's gimmeanotherblog branch failing to enforce the network's active_signup registration policy, checking only is_user_logged_in() while sibling branches such as validate-blog-signup apply the full policy gate. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to directly POST stage=gimmeanotherblog to Theme My Login's signup route, bypassing the configured registration policy entirely — even when it is set to none or user — which causes wpmu_create_blog() to execute with the attacker's user ID, after which WordPress core assigns the Administrator role on the newly created subsite via add_user_to_blog(). The privilege gain is scoped to the newly created subsite only; the attacker's account retains Subscriber-level access on the main site and does not obtain Super Admin or network-level capabilities such as manage_network or manage_sites.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-83628"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-862"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-05T06:17:10Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Theme My Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 7.1.15 on Multisite installations. This is due to the `tml_ms_signup_handler()` function\u0027s `gimmeanotherblog` branch failing to enforce the network\u0027s `active_signup` registration policy, checking only `is_user_logged_in()` while sibling branches such as `validate-blog-signup` apply the full policy gate. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to directly POST `stage=gimmeanotherblog` to Theme My Login\u0027s signup route, bypassing the configured registration policy entirely \u2014 even when it is set to `none` or `user` \u2014 which causes `wpmu_create_blog()` to execute with the attacker\u0027s user ID, after which WordPress core assigns the Administrator role on the newly created subsite via `add_user_to_blog()`. The privilege gain is scoped to the newly created subsite only; the attacker\u0027s account retains Subscriber-level access on the main site and does not obtain Super Admin or network-level capabilities such as `manage_network` or `manage_sites`.",
"id": "GHSA-6vjm-3j93-7v9p",
"modified": "2026-09-05T06:32:38Z",
"published": "2026-09-05T06:32:38Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-83628"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L580"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L661"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-my-login/tags/7.1.15/includes/ms-functions.php#L708"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3669721/theme-my-login/trunk/includes/ms-functions.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ftheme-my-login/tags/7.1.15\u0026new_path=%2Ftheme-my-login/tags/7.2.0"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=\u0026new=3669722%40theme-my-login%2Ftags%2F7.2.0\u0026old=3643898%40theme-my-login%2Ftags%2F7.1.15"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/72585c12-baa9-4c63-8584-906a1d3b332f?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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