CVE-2026-15341 PUBLISHED

User Session Synchronizer <= 1.4.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass to Account Takeover via 'ussync-key', 'ussync-token', and 'ussync-ref' Parameters

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 09.07.2026 Published: 15.08.2026 Updated: 15.08.2026

The User Session Synchronizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. The synchronize_session() function, hooked on init and therefore executed on every request, performs no nonce, capability, or shared-secret validation against the attacker-supplied ussync-key, ussync-token, and ussync-ref parameters; when ussync-key references an unregistered slot, get_option() returns false for both the secret key and the domain list, causing the AES-256-CBC encryption key to degrade to the fully predictable md5('') and the referer allowlist to collapse to an empty-string match, while the AES IV is unconditionally hard-coded as md5('another-secret'). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply a crafted request encrypting any known or guessable user email address in the ussync-ref parameter, causing the handler to call wp_set_auth_cookie() for the matched user and granting full authentication as that user — including administrators — with no prior knowledge of site secrets.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.8

Product Status

Vendor rafasashi
Product User Session Synchronizer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.4.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • Afan finder
  • moonge finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE