Attackers Target miniOrange SAML Flaws That Can Grant WordPress Admin Access

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Metadaten

  • Original (extern): Link oeffnen
  • Veroeffentlicht: 2026-08-25 08:34 UTC
  • Importiert: 2026-08-31 11:31 UTC
  • CVSS: 8.1
  • Quelle-ID: thn_global
  • uid_hash: c160ebe38ecc78a8fb7d30c3f5f568c70b70a9a3ec557392bca2d1af569a0aa9

Inhalt

Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators.

The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below -

CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) - An unauthenticated privilege escalation

Verknuepfte CVEs

CVE-ID Severity (Quelle) CVSS (Quelle) Severity (CVE.org) CVSS (CVE.org) EPSS EPSS-Pctl Veroeffentlicht (CVE.org)

CVE-2026-61979

HIGH

8.1

HIGH

8.1

2026-08-13

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