CVE-2026-15981 PUBLISHED

SAML Single Sign On <= 5.4.4 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via SAMLResponse Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 16.07.2026 Published: 23.07.2026 Updated: 23.07.2026

The SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 5.4.4. This is due to the mo_saml_validate_signature() function performing a loose boolean check on the raw tri-state integer returned by PHP's openssl_verify(), causing an error return value of -1 to be evaluated as truthy and therefore treated as a successful signature verification. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user, including administrators, by submitting a crafted SAMLResponse containing an attacker-controlled NameID and a deliberately malformed signature value that triggers an OpenSSL processing error — bypassing verification entirely and resulting in wp_set_auth_cookie() being called for the targeted account.

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 cyberlord92
Product SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.4.4 (incl.)

Credits

  • Supakiad S. (m3ez) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE