Medium severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-116610
Clean Login <= 1.20.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Arbitrary Clean-Login Option Update via 'save_post' Hook
New
4.3
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Clean Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in versions up to, and including, 1.20.1 due to a missing capability check on the CleanLogin_Shortcode::get_pages_with_shortcodes() function hooked to the save_post action. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to overwrite the plugin's cl_login_url/cl_login_id/cl_register_url/cl_register_id/cl_restore_url/cl_restore_id/cl_edit_url/cl_edit_id/cl_change_password_url/cl_change_password_id options with the ID and permalink of a post they themselves authored — simply by embedding the plugin's shortcodes in their own post content.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CL
Clean Login · hornero
through 1.20.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116610
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-116610
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/83a8c282-8552-420d-842f-acd235ad61b8?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clean-login/tags/1.20.1/include/shortcodes.php#L262
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/clean-login/tags/1.20.1/include/shortcodes.php#L14
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768058/clean-login
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3768058/clean-login/trunk/include/shortcodes.php
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