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CVE-2026-54239 (GCVE-0-2026-54239)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 18:25
Modified
2026-09-18 18:33
CWE
  • CWE-345 - Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Summary
Faust.js is a headless WordPress toolkit. Prior to 1.8.11, the FaustWP WordPress plugin authenticates only the ciphertext in its token envelope and excludes the 16-byte initialization vector from the HMAC in WPE\FaustWP\Auth\encrypt() and WPE\FaustWP\Auth\decrypt() in plugins/faustwp/includes/auth/functions.php. A logged-in non-administrator who obtains an authorization code from GET /generate can modify the unauthenticated initialization vector so that CBC decryption changes the token type and user identifier while the HMAC remains valid. This can produce an access token for an Administrator and permit full WordPress REST API access, administrator-account creation, plugin installation, and arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in repository version 1.8.11.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpengine faustjs Version: < 1.8.11
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