Reported vulnerability

Various Newfold Plugins Various Versions - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Bearer Token Validation with Empty Secret

Published 8 Sept 2026

Updated 9 Sept 2026

CVE-2026-80099

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Wordfence advisory

high · CVSS 8.8

Several Newfold plugins are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The vulnerability exists because the plugins bundle the wp-module-data module. In the module, the `authenticate()` method — registered on the `rest_authentication_errors` filter and therefore evaluated for every unauthenticated REST API request — performs an HMAC-style Bearer token comparison that degenerates when `HiiveConnection::get_auth_token()` returns `false`: PHP coerces `strrev(false)` to `strrev('')`, collapsing the secret salt to the publicly known constant `hash('sha256', '') = e3b0c44...`, while all remaining hash inputs (HTTP method, request URL, raw request body, and the `X-Timestamp` header) remain fully attacker-controlled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to compute a valid Bearer token entirely offline, pass the token equality check, and have `wp_set_current_user()` invoked against the first administrator returned by `get_users(['role' => 'administrator'])`, granting full administrator-level access and enabling arbitrary REST API operations such as creating new administrator accounts and achieving complete site takeover. Vulnerable versions are WP Plugin Crazy Domains (<= 2.5.2), WP Plugin Web (<= 2.3.4), WP Plugin Hostgator (<= 3.1.0), WP Plugin Bluehost (<= 4.17.1). The affected module is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, 2.9.4.

Severity vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

WP Plugin Hostgator

Software
plugin · wp-plugin-hostgator
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 3.2.0
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
3.2.1

Recommended action

Update to version 3.2.1, or a newer patched version

WP Module Data

Software
plugin · wp-module-data
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 2.9.7
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
2.9.8

Recommended action

Update to version 2.9.8, or a newer patched version

WP Plugin Crazy Domains

Software
plugin · wp-plugin-crazy-domains
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 2.5.2
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
2.5.3

Recommended action

Update to version 2.5.3, or a newer patched version

WP Plugin Web

Software
plugin · wp-plugin-web
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 2.3.5
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
2.3.6

Recommended action

Update to version 2.3.6, or a newer patched version

WP Plugin Bluehost

Software
plugin · bluehost-wordpress-plugin
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 4.19.0
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
4.19.1

Recommended action

Update to version 4.19.1, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)
Data sources and licences

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Source: Wordfence

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