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CVE-2026-6456

· Published 20/05/2026 02:16 · Modified 20/05/2026 13:54

Labels: CVE-2026-6456 2026-05-20CVE-2026-6456CWE-287[email protected]

Essential information

Published
20/05/2026 02:16
Modified
20/05/2026 13:54
Author
Creator
CVSS
8.8 HIGH (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Description

The Account Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the `rememberLogin` REST API endpoint using a loose comparison (`!=` instead of `!==`) for secret validation at `app/RestAPI.php:111`, combined with no validation that the secret is non-empty. When a target user has never used the "Remember me" feature, their `asSecret` user meta does not exist, causing `get_user_meta()` to return an empty string. An attacker can send an empty `secret` parameter, which passes the comparison (`'' != ''` is `false`), and the endpoint then calls `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for the target user. Additionally, all REST routes use `permission_callback => '__return_true'` with no capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to switch to any user account including Administrator, ultimately granting themselves full administrative privileges.

NVD status

Status
Deferred — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
[email protected]
NVD
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Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
wordpress / account switcher cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:account_switcher:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References