auth0/wordpress · Security
Auth0 Wordpress Plugin vulnerable to Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-862m-5253-832r
- Severity
- critical
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Description
Overview The Auth0 Wordpress plugin contains a critical vulnerability due to insecure deserialization of cookie data. If exploited, since SDKs process cookie content without prior authentication, a threat actor could send a specially crafted cookie containing malicious serialized data.
Am I Affected? You are affected by this vulnerability if you meet the following preconditions:
- Applications using the Auth0 WordPress plugin, versions between 5.0.0 BETA-0 to 5.0.1.
- Auth0 WordPress plugin uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with version 8.0.0-BETA3 to 8.3.0.
Fix Upgrade the Auth0 WordPress plugin to the latest version (v5.3.0).
CWEs
- CWE-502 · Deserialization of Untrusted Data
References
- https://github.com/auth0/auth0-PHP/security/advisories/GHSA-v9m8-9xxp-q492 ↗
- https://github.com/auth0/laravel-auth0/security/advisories/GHSA-c42h-56wx-h85q ↗
- https://github.com/auth0/symfony/security/advisories/GHSA-98j6-67v3-mw34 ↗
- https://github.com/auth0/wordpress/security/advisories/GHSA-862m-5253-832r ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48951 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-862m-5253-832r ↗