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Unknown Block User Account — Block User Account < 2.0.1 - Subscriber+ Account Block Bypass via Application Passwords
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N U L L N 5.4 .0017 6.5 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Block User Account unspecified —
TIMELINE
Aug 5 Reserved by WPScan
Aug 10 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Aug 11 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-18960 (Unknown Block User Account). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The Block User Account WordPress plugin before 2.0.1 does not enforce its account block on every authentication path, allowing a blocked user who holds an application password created before the block to retain their full role-level read and write access through the REST API.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| August 5, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| August 10, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| August 11, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-18960 (Unknown Block User Account). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Unknown | Block User Account | — | — | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-18960 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.