The Lenxel WP WordPress theme through 1.0.31 does not perform any authorization or ownership check on its password-reset action, validating only a CSRF nonce, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of any user (including an administrator) and take over the account.
History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-755
CWE-862

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-287
CWE-352
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-755
CWE-862

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Lenxel WP WordPress theme through 1.0.31 does not perform any authorization or ownership check on its password-reset action, validating only a CSRF nonce, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of any user (including an administrator) and take over the account.
Title Lenxel WP <= 1.0.31 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover via Arbitrary Password Reset
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-02T06:00:10.762Z

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:42:45.987Z

Reserved: 2026-06-18T07:06:20.198Z

Link: CVE-2026-12586

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T17:40:42.449Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-02T06:16:34.223

Modified: 2026-08-26T16:31:36.750

Link: CVE-2026-12586

cve-icon Redhat

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