Reported vulnerability

WPCOM Member <= 1.7.27 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via 'uuid' and 'code' Parameters on Social-Login Callback

Published 9 Oct 2026

Updated 10 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-104803

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WPCOM Member

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Wordfence advisory

critical · CVSS 9.8

The WPCOM Member plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.27 via the `uuid` and `code` parameters of the social-login callback handler registered on the `init` hook. The vulnerability exists because the `login` function's social-login flow performs no nonce validation, no OAuth state verification, and no per-visitor namespace isolation in the session store, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to issue a crafted GET request that writes an attacker-named, attacker-valued entry into the global session namespace (bypassing the per-visitor prefix by prepending an underscore), then issue a second GET request triggering `weapp_new_user()` to read that forged entry and resolve the attacker-supplied `openid` value to a bound WordPress account before `wp_set_auth_cookie()` establishes a fully authenticated session. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any WordPress user — including administrators — whose bound social provider identifier (openid/unionid) is known or discoverable. Successful exploitation requires that the target site has at least one social provider configured (which activates the vulnerable handler) and that the attacker knows or can enumerate the victim account's bound openid or unionid.

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

WPCOM Member

Software
plugin · wpcom-member
Affected versions
Start version unspecified, through 1.7.27
Fix availability
Fix available
Fixed versions
1.8.0

Recommended action

Update to version 1.8.0, or a newer patched version

Further references (1)
Data sources and licences

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Source: Wordfence

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Which versions of WPCOM Member are affected?

Wordfence lists these affected versions: Start version unspecified, through 1.7.27. Use the version checker above to compare your installed release with this report.

Is a fix available for WPCOM Member?

Wordfence reports a fix for this issue in WPCOM Member. It lists these fixed versions: 1.8.0. Back up your website and test the recommended update before applying it to your live site.

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