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TI-2026-12911 Aliases CVE-2026-15341GHSA-r26j-82cg-5h6c

Improper authentication in rafasashi User Session Synchronizer

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-287Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.

Summary

The User Session Synchronizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.0. The `synchronize_session()` function, hooked on `init` and therefore executed on every request, performs no nonce, capability, or shared-secret validation against the attacker-supplied `ussync-key`, `ussync-token`, and `ussync-ref` parameters; when `ussync-key` references an unregistered slot, `get_option()` returns `false` for both the secret key and the domain list, causing the AES-256-CBC encryption key to degrade to the fully predictable `md5('')` and the referer allowlist to collapse to an empty-string match, while the AES IV is unconditionally hard-coded as `md5('another-secret')`. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to supply a crafted request encrypting any known or guessable user email address in the `ussync-ref` parameter, causing the handler to call `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for the matched user and granting full authentication as that user — including administrators — with no prior knowledge of site secrets.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00585 48th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
rafasashiUser Session Synchronizerup to 1.4.0—No fix listedCNA
  • User Session Synchronizer Vendorrafasashi Affected up to 1.4.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-15341
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r26j-82cg-5h6c

References

  • TI-2025-23677 WordPress User Session Synchronizer plugin <= 1.4.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2024-33134 WordPress SVG Captcha plugin <= 1.0.11 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2024-33128 WordPress Todo Custom Field plugin <= 3.0.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2024-08915 Language Switcher <= 3.7.13 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
  • TI-2026-03061 Cross-site scripting in rafasashi Custom New User Notification CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.4

Sources