Privilege escalation in Theme My Login

CVE-2026-81583

The My Login WordPress plugin before 7.2.0 does not enforce the network's registration setting when processing site signups on multisite installations, allowing users with a subscriber account, and unauthenticated users on some networks, to create new sites and be granted administrator over them.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (20.9th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 20.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-81583: held from 0.002 to 0.003.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Theme My Login

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81583?
CVE-2026-81583 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Theme My Login, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2026-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2026-81583?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.