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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD9.8 Critical

CVE-2026-76581

WPMU DEV Dashboard <= 5.0.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator via SSO HMAC Canonicalization Confusion

Description

The WPMU DEV Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. This is due to inconsistent and ambiguous HMAC message construction between the unauthenticated `wdpsso_step1` and `wdpsso_step2` AJAX actions, where step 1 signs and discloses an unseparated concatenation of the token, state, redirect, and domain values, while step 2 verifies an unseparated concatenation that omits the domain field. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers, on sites connected to WPMU DEV with Hub SSO enabled and mapped to an administrator, to obtain a valid HMAC from step 1 and replay it to step 2 by moving the domain value into the redirect field, resulting in an authenticated administrator session.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

wpmudev WPMU DEV Dashboard

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0 to ≤ 5.0.1affected

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