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CVE-2026-15981

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS 3.1
Description
The SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.4. This is due to the mo_saml_validate_signature() function performing a loose boolean check on the raw tri-state integer returned by PHP's openssl_verify(), causing an error return value of -1 to be evaluated as truthy and therefore treated as a successful signature verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user, including administrators, by submitting a crafted SAMLResponse containing an attacker-controlled NameID and a deliberately malformed signature value that triggers an OpenSSL processing error — bypassing verification entirely and resulting in wp_set_auth_cookie() being called for the targeted account.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-15981
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Reserved
2026-07-16 16:55 UTC
Published
2026-07-23 20:33 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-23 20:33 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-287
CWE-287 Improper Authentication
Vendor / Product
cyberlord92 / SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

9.8 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
cyberlord92 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 0 ≤ 5.4.4
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-287 cna CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
9.8 CRITICAL 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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