CVE-2026-5617 PUBLISHED

Login as User <= 1.0.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'oclaup_original_admin' Cookie

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 05.04.2026 Published: 15.04.2026 Updated: 15.04.2026

The Login as User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to the handle_return_to_admin() function trusting a client-controlled cookie (oclaup_original_admin) to determine which user to authenticate as, without any server-side verification that the cookie value was legitimately set during an admin-initiated user switch. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by setting the oclaup_original_admin cookie to an administrator's user ID and triggering the "Return to Admin" functionality.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor royalnavneet
Product Login as User – Switch User & WooCommerce Login as Customer
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.0.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • HA GIA BAO finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE