CVE-2026-119701
mediumWPGraphQL before 2.24.1 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to flood password reset emails by aliasing the sen…
WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to flood password reset emails by aliasing the sendPasswordResetEmail mutation. Attackers can send one HTTP request with many aliases, bypassing batch_limit, to exhaust mail provider quota and repeatedly rotate reset keys, blocking legitimate password recovery.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mu... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8 disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpgraphql-before-2.24.1-email-flooding-via-aliased-se... disclosure@vulncheck.com