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
References
Classification
Type
AUTHBYPASS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Alex Thomas
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
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)