CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-8994
The Login with NEAR plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 0.3.3. The `ajaxLoginWithNear()` function — registered as a `wp_ajax_nopriv` action and therefore reachable by unauthenticated users — accepts an attacker-supplied `account` POST parameter and issues a valid WordPress authentication cookie based solely on a substring check for `.near`, with no nonce verification, cryptographic signature validation, challenge-response exchange, or
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Login with NEAR","vendor":"learnnearclub","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"0.3.3","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /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:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/near-login/trunk/Controllers/UserLoginController.php#L16"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/near-login/trunk/Controllers/UserLoginController.php#L29"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/near-login/trunk/Controllers/UserLoginController.php#L46"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/near-login/trunk/Controllers/UserLoginController.php#L76"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f1eacb72-df11-4a3b-9064-f8f776f3522b?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:eaee0d6d84e8ecf6474cb0269b5b215c410b37597760e0ea596e9367f375b395 · sha256:d77104a850750db5… · /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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