Description
The SAML Single Sign On WordPress plugin before 5.4.7 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.
Published: 2026-08-19
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The SAML Single Sign On WordPress plugin before 5.4.7 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.
Title SAML Single Sign On 4.8.85 - 5.4.6 - Unauthenticated Administrator Account Takeover via SAML Trust Anchor Overwrite
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T06:00:21.841Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T08:01:39.582Z

Link: CVE-2026-19842

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T06:17:40.613

Modified: 2026-08-19T06:17:40.613

Link: CVE-2026-19842

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