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CVE-2026-77753: Temporary Login Without Password < 1.9.9 - Authenticated Temporary Access Revocation Bypass via Application Passwords
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-09-12 · updated 2026-09-14
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
The Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin before 1.9.9 does not prevent a temporary user from creating an Application Password, and does not revoke one when the temporary access expires or is disabled, allowing the recipient of a temporary login to retain working access to the site over REST and XML-RPC after the administrator believes it has been withdrawn. The retained access carries whatever role was granted, which for the Temporary Login Without Password WordPress plugin before 1.9.9's main use case is Administrator.
Affected products
- Temporary Login Without Password: before 1.9.9 — fixed in 1.9.9
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Temporary Login Without Password 1.9.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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