CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-6456
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 attacke
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Account Switcher","vendor":"beycanpress","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.2","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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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:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287 Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
4 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/account-switcher/tags/1.0.2/app/PluginHero/BaseAPI.php#L54"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/account-switcher/tags/1.0.2/app/RestAPI.php#L111"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/account-switcher/"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9cfb9b-6951-4246-9cd6-dd64fee3a1bc?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:44531f31bbec5ec9affd6b1e0b6ce0c5cca2d91d59fcd3c02c21975bace750b6 · sha256:e11b6139378d3a46… · /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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