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The HivePress Authentication plugin for WordPress (versions up to and including 1.1.4) contains a critical authentication bypass vulnerability via the access_token parameter. The flaw exists in the authenticate_user function's Facebook authenticator, which forwards attacker-supplied access tokens to the Facebook Graph API and blindly trusts the returned email and ID without validating the application ID or audience. No /debug_token verification is performed, and the token's app_id is never compared against the configured hp_facebook_app_id. This allows unauthenticated attackers to impersonate any WordPress user, including administrators, if the victim's email is linked to a Facebook account. Exploitation requires the attacker to obtain a valid Facebook access token for the victim. A patch has been committed to the plugin repository addressing the missing token validation logic.

Affected products

  • HivePress Authentication plugin for WordPress 1.1.4 and below

Related CVE's

  • CVE-2026-18056

Categories

  • Identity & Access
  • Web Technologies