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.

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References

https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql

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/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592

https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1

https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpgraphql-before-2.24.1-email-flooding-via-aliased-sendpasswordresetemail-mutations

Weaknesses

[email protected]

Secondary
CWE-770

CVSS impact metrics

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.3 · Medium

Information

Source identifier

[email protected]

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Published

2026-10-30T16:17:50.760Z

4 hours ago

Last modified

2026-10-30T19:23:25.493Z

1 hour ago