WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching
Description
The plugin does not honour the configured criterion for linking an incoming single sign-on identity to a WordPress account, always resolving the identity by login name whatever the site has chosen, which allows an attacker who can have the site's identity provider assert a login name of their choosing to authenticate as any account, including an administrator, without proving ownership of that account.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
PRIVESC
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Submitter
Karthik Ramakrishnan
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-09-18 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-09-18 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-18 (about 1 day ago)