CVE-2026-82842SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching
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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.
- CVSS
- 8.1 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-269
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 20, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown SAML Single Sign On unknown:saml_single_sign_on (from the name) | from 4.8.43 before 6.0.0 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/4ae66b2c-a0de-405f-baca-127302257540/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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