CVE-2026-122220WPO365 capture-replay
CVE-2026-122220 is a capture-replay in WPO365, rated critical (9.1 on CVSS 4.0).
Why this priority: Critical, and reachable over the network without an account.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Received
What it is
A captured sign-in message can be replayed to authenticate again.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, without an account, and nobody has to click anything. Success also depends on conditions the attacker does not fully control.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can read the data it protects and change data or behaviour. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker act as a signed-in user, or an administrator, without valid credentials.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet. EPSS estimates a 0.33% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 26% of scored CVEs.
What to do
- Upgrade WPO365 to 45.2 or later.
- Until it is patched, keep it off the internet or behind a VPN, allowlist or authenticating proxy.
Description from NVD
WPO365 | LOGIN (wpo365-login) plugin before version 45.2 contains an authentication bypass by capture-replay vulnerability caused by a non-functional anti-replay check in Saml2_Service::check_message_id(), which never persists processed SAML message IDs to the wpo365_saml_message_ids transient due to a logic error that returns before saving. Attackers who capture a validly-signed SAMLResponse can replay it to the ACS endpoint repeatedly within its assertion validity window to log in as the victim, including administrators, without detection since the duplicate message ID check never triggers.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- WordPress sites and their plugins. Plugins run inside the site with its database access, and many sites are public.
- Sign-in, session and token handling. The flaw sits between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions.
- Identity providers and SSO. The flaw sits between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions.
Trust boundaries in play
- Internet-facing entry points. No account is needed. Any instance reachable from outside your perimeter, through a load balancer, gateway, VPN or exposed admin port, is in scope.
- Between anonymous callers and authenticated sessions. An attacker who crosses it can act as a signed-in user, or an administrator, without valid credentials.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does WPO365 run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
- Explanations are written by Veriom from fixed templates over each record’s data, not by a person reviewing each CVE. Descriptions are quoted from the records as published.