Critical severity · published Oct 8, 2026
CVE-2026-103646
Ultimate Multisite < 2.17.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via 'email_address' Parameter
9.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Ultimate Multisite WordPress plugin before 2.17.0 does not require authentication before a logged-out checkout is linked to, and logged in as, an existing WordPress account matching the submitted email address, and its duplicate-account check normalizes that address differently from the lookup used to create the customer, so an unauthenticated attacker can log in as any existing user, including a Network Super Admin, whose email address they know.
This bypass is not addressed by the 2.15.1 fix for CVE-2026-75957 and remains exploitable in all versions up to and including 2.16.1, the releases that fix was expected to cover. Exploitation requires a checkout form configured without a password field (auto-generated password) and a target account that has no existing customer record in the Ultimate Multisite WordPress plugin before 2.17.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
UM
Ultimate Multisite ·
before 2.17.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-103646
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-103646
exploit
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a05da0ad-5d92-406f-b182-b3ed1f8389f3/
More from Ultimate Multisite
8.6
CVE-2026-107508
Ultimate Multisite < 2.17.2 - Unauthenticated LFI via 'attributes' Parameter
