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
–
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?
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
