CVE-2026-104671

Status: DeferredMedium (5.3)—

The TutorStarter WordPress theme before 4.0.4 does not respect the site's user registration setting in one of its AJAX registration handlers, allowing unauthenticated visitors to create WordPress user accounts even when user registration is disabled.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Base score: 5.3

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.18%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 7
Score date: 10/13/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access85 %
Primary impactT1078 Valid Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access90 %
Secondary impactT1098 Account Manipulationpersistence · privilege escalation75 %

Vulnerabilidad en manejador AJAX público (AV:N, PR:N) que permite crear cuentas sin autenticación, eludiendo controles de acceso. CWE-862 (falta de autorización) permite T1078 (acceso con credenciales válidas obtenidas).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management User Account Management Network Segmentation Multi-factor Authentication Application Developer Guidance Active Directory Configuration

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Tutorstarter — Tutorstarter^AI

CWEs

CWE-862

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6ecea67e-8019-4ef2-bd27-a9da7dc27d43/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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