CVE-2026-16299 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Single Sign On For TNG WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not properly validate a password reset request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, which could lead to a full site takeover.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00341.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

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Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/06532a5a-ad34-421e-81e3-b4e44e8023ab/

History

Tue, 11 Aug 2026 21:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-287
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-284 CWE-306

Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Single Sign On For TNG WordPress plugin before 2.2.0 does not properly validate a password reset request, allowing unauthenticated attackers to reset the password of arbitrary users, including administrators, which could lead to a full site takeover.
Title		Single Sign On For TNG < 2.2.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/06532a5a-ad34-421e-81e3-b4e44e8023ab/

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-10T06:00:11.632Z

Updated: 2026-08-11T20:15:20.524Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T12:39:27.295Z

Link: CVE-2026-16299

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-11T20:15:16.485Z

NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T07:16:48.163

Modified: 2026-08-11T21:17:28.443

Link: CVE-2026-16299

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-13T09:15:03Z

Weaknesses

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