CVE-2026-19842 (GCVE-0-2026-19842)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 06:00
Modified
2026-08-19 16:41
Summary
The SAML Single Sign On WordPress plugin before 5.4.7 does not verify the signature of a SAML response before storing the certificate it carries, and offers an administrator a one-click control that promotes that stored certificate to the site's trusted signing certificate, allowing unauthenticated attackers to have a certificate of their own trusted and then authenticate as any user, including an administrator.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown SAML Single Sign On Version: 4.8.85   
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