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 8.8Several 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)
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