WPMU DEV Dashboard <= 5.0.1 - Authentication Bypass to Administrator via SSO HMAC Canonicalization Confusion
70Vexday Risk Score
Prioritize patching. It exploitation observed by VulnCheck and has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Actcvss 9.8epss 0.3%
from disclosure to weapon2 days
Published on NVDAug 28
1st PoC+2d
VulnCheckAug 27
exploitation probability
0.3%top 73% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
yesVulnCheck
2 public exploit(s)
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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
wpmudev · WPMU DEV Dashboardpublic PoCs found — 2
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