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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to retrieve sensitive information for any registered user ID — including the WordPress password hash (user_pass) and email address — by sending a request with a valid administrator login name (commonly the default 'admin') and any arbitrary password value.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-08","score":0.00612,"percentile":0.496,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"published":"2026-06-24T05:33:33Z","modified":"2026-06-25T13:26:11Z","products":[{"vendor":"hancock11","product":"wp forms connector"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f5dfafee-9b6c-4e57-b263-39ff15cd3b51?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-forms-connector/tags/1.8/WP-Forms-Connector.php#L1490"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-forms-connector/tags/1.8/WP-Forms-Connector.php#L1477"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-forms-connector/tags/1.8/WP-Forms-Connector.php#L1464"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-forms-connector/tags/1.8/WP-Forms-Connector.php#L739"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9178"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q7pg-wxgw-7v4g"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-9178","title":"WP Forms Connector \u003c= 1.8 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Information Exposure via 'user/list' REST Endpoint","description":"The WP Forms Connector plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.8. 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