CVE-2026-82842CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-82842

High · published September 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00373 · 30.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-09-20T11:16Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 21 SEP 03:36Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 20 SEP 06:00Z
    SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching
    cvelistv5