CVE-2026-119701
WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 Email Flooding via Aliased sendPasswordResetEmail Mutations
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.9 Medium
- Published
- Oct 30, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 30, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 30, 2026
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 6.9 Medium | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| 3.1 | 5.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L | VulnCheck |
Weaknesses
- CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
WPGraphQLWPGraphQL |
|
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8)vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592patch
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mutation/SendPasswordResetEmail.phptechnical-description
- WPGraphQL wp-graphql/v2.24.1 Release Notesrelease-notes
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphqlproduct
- VulnCheck Advisory: WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 Email Flooding via Aliased sendPasswordResetEmail Mutationsthird-party-advisory
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