MEDIUM 6.9 NVD
CVE-2026-119701
WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to flood password reset emails by aliasing the send
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.
References
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mu
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 was published on 2026-10-30 via NVD.
vulnfeed aggregates 17712 vulnerabilities from NVD, CISA KEV,
Ubuntu, Debian, Red Hat, Kubernetes, Exploit-DB, OSS-Security, GitHub and OpenStack — updated every 4 hours.