High

LoginPress Pro <= 6.2.3 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Unverified OAuth Email via GitHub OAuth Callback

  • Disclosed: 09.07.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The LoginPress Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass via the GitHub OAuth callback in versions up to, and including, 6.2.3. The vulnerability exists in the loginpress_on_github_login() function, which blindly trusts the first element (profile[0]['email']) of the array returned by GitHub's /user/emails endpoint as an account-binding identifier without verifying that the email carries a verified === true status. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user, including administrators, by adding an unverified email address matching a local account to their GitHub profile and triggering the OAuth callback via a crafted code parameter — causing the plugin to call get_user_by('email', ...) and establish an authenticated session for the matched account. Practical exploitation is conditional on GitHub returning the attacker-added unverified email at index 0 of the /user/emails response, as GitHub typically prioritizes the primary verified address first; nonetheless, the absence of any email verification check in the plugin constitutes a fundamental authentication bypass flaw.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
WordPress plugin LoginPress Pro <= 6.2.3 6.2.4

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-287
Platform
WordPress
Package
LoginPress Pro
Disclosed
09.07.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

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Vulnerability history: LoginPress Pro

All published vulnerabilities of this package (WordPress plugin), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
7
First → latest
04.2024 07.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 2
  • High 3
  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 2
  2. 2025: 1
  3. 2026: 4
  1. LoginPress Pro <= 6.2.3 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Unverified OAuth Email via GitHub OAuth Callback this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2026-12597 <= 6.2.3 6.2.4
  2. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-49058 <= 6.2.2 6.2.3
  3. Medium · 5.3 CVE-2024-32676 < 3.0 3.0

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