CVE-2026-76581 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 19.08.2026 Published: 28.08.2026 Updated: 28.08.2026

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.

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 wpmudev
Product WPMU DEV Dashboard
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.0.1 (incl.)

Credits

  • Alex Thomas finder
  • Wordfence Argus finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature CWE