CVE-2026-6456HIGH 8.8EPSS p31.3%
CVE-2026-6456CVE-2026-6456
Description
The Account Switcher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.2. This is due to the `rememberLogin` REST API endpoint using a loose comparison (`!=` instead of `!==`) for secret validation at `app/RestAPI.php:111`, combined with no validation that the secret is non-empty. When a target user has never used the "Remember me" feature, their `asSecret` user meta does not exist, causing `get_user_meta()` to return an empty string. An attacker can send an empty `secret` parameter, which passes the comparison (`'' != ''` is `false`), and the endpoint then calls `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for the target user. Additionally, all REST routes use `permission_callback => '__return_true'` with no capability checks. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to switch to any user account including Administrator, ultimately granting themselves full administrative privileges.
Scoring
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 (HIGH) |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.40% probability of exploitation · percentile 31.3% · 2026-06-18T12:00:27Z |
| Published | 2026-05-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-05-20 |
Underlying weaknesses· 1
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/account-switcher/tags/1.0.2/app/PluginHero/BaseAPI.php#L54
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/account-switcher/tags/1.0.2/app/RestAPI.php#L111
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/account-switcher/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e9cfb9b-6951-4246-9cd6-dd64fee3a1bc?source=cve
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| Type | Target | Confidence | Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weakness | Improper Authenticationcwe-287 | 0% | live |
Related by meaning· 6
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