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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.9 · wpgraphqlNVD modified 2026-10-30 15:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592 patch
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mutation/SendPasswordResetEmail.php technical-description
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1 release-notes
- https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpgraphql-before-2.24.1-email-flooding-via-aliased-sendpasswordresetemail-mutations third-party-advisory