WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
SAML Single Sign On 4.8.85 - 5.4.6 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via SAML Trust Anchor Overwrite
Description
The plugin does not verify the signature of a SAML response before storing the certificate it carries, and offers an administrator a one-click control that promotes that stored certificate to the site's trusted signing certificate, allowing unauthenticated attackers to have a certificate of their own trusted and then authenticate as any user, including an administrator.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Suhayb Ahmed
Submitter
Suhayb Ahmed
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-17 (about 3 days ago)
Added
2026-08-17 (about 2 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-18 (about 1 day ago)