CVE-2026-82842 - SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching

CVE-2026-82842 - SAML Single Sign On < 6.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Matching

https://cvefeed.io/rssfeed/latest.atom / Sun, 09/20/2026 - 10:33
CVE ID :CVE-2026-82842
Published : Sept. 20, 2026, 6 a.m. | 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Description :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.
Severity: 0.0 | NA
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