WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

WPMU DEV Dashboard < 5.0.2 - Unauthenticated Administrator Authentication Bypass via SSO HMAC Signing-String Confusion

Description

The plugin is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to inconsistent and ambiguous HMAC message construction between the unauthenticated `wdpsso_step1` and `wdpsso_step2` AJAX actions, where step 1 signs and discloses an unseparated concatenation of the token, state, redirect, and domain values, while step 2 verifies an unseparated concatenation that omits the domain field. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, on sites connected to WPMU DEV with Hub SSO enabled and mapped to an administrator, to obtain a valid HMAC from step 1 and replay it to step 2 by moving the domain value into the redirect field, resulting in an authenticated administrator session.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 5.0.2

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Alex Thomas
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-27 (about 6 days ago)
Added
2026-08-27 (about 5 days ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-01 (about 7 hours ago)

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