Ultimate Multisite <= 2.15.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via 'checkout_form' Parameter
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 Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.0 via the `checkout_form` parameter of the `login_customer_after_checkout` function. This is due to the publicly accessible `wu_ajax_nopriv_wu_validate_form` AJAX handler accepting a freely obtainable checkout nonce, and the `checkout_form=wu-finish-checkout` parameter causing `get_validation_rules()` to discard all validation rules while `finish_checkout_form_fields()` returns an empty step list — forcing `is_last_step()` to return true and routing the request directly into full order processing — after which `maybe_create_customer()` resolves the attacker-supplied `email_address` to an existing WordPress user ID without any authentication or ownership verification, and `login_customer_after_checkout()` calls `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for that user ID via a passwordless code path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user — including a Network Super Admin — simply by knowing their email address. Exploitation requires that the targeted user account has no pre-existing Ultimate Multisite customer record; accounts such as a Network Super Admin on a fresh Multisite install, or any administrator or editor added before Ultimate Multisite was configured, satisfy this condition and are therefore exploitable.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| superdav42 | Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform | up to 2.15.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform Vendorsuperdav42 Affected up to 2.15.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-75957
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xr7j-wm8w-c5p4
References
Other 13
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66cb8c6f-d405-4115-a626-040e9b5b1e62?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2489
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L1223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2700
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/models/class-checkout-form.php#L1352
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2489
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L1223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2700
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/models/class-checkout-form.php#L1352
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L208
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3653623%40ultimate-multisite%2Ftags%2F2.15.1&old=3634394%40ultimate-multisite%2Ftags%2F2.15.0
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3653622/ultimate-multisite/trunk/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php
Sources
- CVE-2026-75957 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-75957 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xr7j-wm8w-c5p4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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