GHSA-2f4r-34m4-3w8q

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2f4r-34m4-3w8q
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/05/GHSA-2f4r-34m4-3w8q/GHSA-2f4r-34m4-3w8q.json
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Related
Published
2025-05-17T15:07:23Z
Modified
2025-05-17T15:44:38.189857Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Auth0 Wordpress plugin Vulnerable to Brute Force Authentication Tags of CookieStore Sessions
Details

Overview Session cookies of applications using the Auth0 Wordpress plugin configured with CookieStore have authentication tags that can be brute forced, which may result in unauthorized access.

Am I Affected? You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following pre-conditions: 1. Applications using the Auth0 WordPress Plugin with version <=5.2.1 2. Auth0 WordPress Plugin uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA1 or higher and below 8.14.0. 3. Session storage configured with CookieStore.

Fix Upgrade Auth0/wordpress plugin to v5.3.0. As an additional precautionary measure, we recommend rotating your cookie encryption keys. Note that once updated, any previous session cookies will be rejected.

Acknowledgement Okta would like to thank Félix Charette for discovering this vulnerability.

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-287"
    ],
    "severity": "CRITICAL",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-05-17T15:07:23Z"
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / auth0/wordpress

Package

Name
auth0/wordpress
Purl
pkg:composer/auth0/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.3.0

Affected versions

2.*

2.0.0
2.1.0
2.1.1
2.1.2
2.1.3
2.1.4
2.1.5
2.1.6
2.1.7
2.1.8
2.1.9
2.1.11
2.2.0

3.*

3.1.1
3.1.2
3.1.3
3.1.4
3.2.0
3.2.5
3.2.8
3.2.9
3.2.10
3.2.14
3.2.19
3.2.21
3.2.22
3.2.23
3.2.24
3.2.25
3.3.2
3.4.0
3.5.0
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.6.0
3.6.1
3.6.2
3.7.0
3.7.1
3.7.3
3.8.0
3.8.1
3.9.0
3.10.0
3.11.0
3.11.1
3.11.2
3.11.3

4.*

4.0.0
4.1.0
4.1.1
4.2.0
4.3.0
4.3.1
4.4.0
4.5.0
4.6.0
4.6.1
4.6.2

5.*

5.0.0-BETA0
5.0.0-BETA1
5.0.0
5.0.1
5.1.0
5.2.0
5.2.1