{"id":"CVE-2026-119701","title":"WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 Email Flooding via Aliased sendPasswordResetEmail Mutations","summary":"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 al…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-770"],"vendor":"WPGraphQL","product":"WPGraphQL","affected":["WPGraphQL < 2.24.1"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"yes","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-10-30T18:27:19.484244Z"},"published":"2026-10-30","updated":"2026-10-30","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-30T18:36:52.042Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119701","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/security/advisories/GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8","label":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-f5f8-v768-93c8)"},{"url":"https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/commit/760db555e3e60fbd86c1d96f1689bacfc9265592"},{"url":"https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/blob/wp-graphql/v2.24.0/plugins/wp-graphql/src/Mutation/SendPasswordResetEmail.php"},{"url":"https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql/releases/tag/wp-graphql%2Fv2.24.1","label":"WPGraphQL wp-graphql/v2.24.1 Release Notes"},{"url":"https://github.com/wp-graphql/wp-graphql"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpgraphql-before-2.24.1-email-flooding-via-aliased-sendpasswordresetemail-mutations","label":"VulnCheck Advisory: WPGraphQL before 2.24.1 Email Flooding via Aliased sendPasswordResetEmail Mutations"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.0059,"epssPercentile":0.48314,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T16:24:31.338Z","slug":"CVE-2026-119701","body":"## Overview\n\nWPGraphQL 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `WPGraphQL < 2.24.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}