CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-5617
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 escalat
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Login as User – Switch User & WooCommerce Login as Customer","vendor":"royalnavneet","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-639","description":"CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/tags/1.0.3/includes/class-login-handler.php#L45"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/tags/1.0.3/includes/class-login-handler.php#L50"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/trunk/includes/class-login-handler.php#L45"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-login-as-user/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0c74d48-6cfc-4899-bd2c-4a80b1f6e05f?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3cbc4d065ce06c814fc45cb6c4464f9f8cb941435dade46179c900822f98dc04 · sha256:865aaf305854f03c… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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