Description
The WooCommerce - Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to and including 2.8.7. This is due to the plugin's Apple login handler accepting the Apple id_token and decoding only its base64 payload without verifying the JWT signature against Apple's public keys or validating the issuer, audience, or expiry claims, combined with the security nonce required to invoke the login flow being publicly exposed to unauthenticated users via a localized JavaScript object on the login page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user — including administrators — by supplying a forged id_token whose payload contains the target user's email address, as that email is used without any role exclusion to resolve a WordPress account and immediately issue an authenticated session for it.
Published: 2026-08-01
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 03 Aug 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpweb
Wpweb woocommerce Social Login
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpweb
Wpweb woocommerce Social Login

Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The WooCommerce - Social Login plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to and including 2.8.7. This is due to the plugin's Apple login handler accepting the Apple id_token and decoding only its base64 payload without verifying the JWT signature against Apple's public keys or validating the issuer, audience, or expiry claims, combined with the security nonce required to invoke the login flow being publicly exposed to unauthenticated users via a localized JavaScript object on the login page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user — including administrators — by supplying a forged id_token whose payload contains the target user's email address, as that email is used without any role exclusion to resolve a WordPress account and immediately issue an authenticated session for it.
Title WooCommerce - Social Login <= 2.8.7 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Forged Apple 'id_token' JWT
Weaknesses CWE-289
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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Wpweb Woocommerce Social Login
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:55:40.237Z

Reserved: 2026-05-13T05:50:34.984Z

Link: CVE-2026-8457

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-03T18:55:37.390Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-02T00:16:23.047

Modified: 2026-08-12T21:00:37.147

Link: CVE-2026-8457

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-04T11:15:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-289

    Authentication Bypass by Alternate Name