Description
The SAML Single Sign On WordPress plugin before 6.0.0 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.
Published: 2026-09-20
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Sun, 20 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The SAML Single Sign On WordPress plugin before 6.0.0 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.
Title SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-09-20T06:00:16.509Z

Reserved: 2026-08-31T08:27:11.846Z

Link: CVE-2026-82842

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-20T07:16:50.093

Modified: 2026-09-20T07:16:50.093

Link: CVE-2026-82842

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