Authentication bypass in Qode Membership allows account takeover
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 Qode Membership plugin for WordPress up to and including 2.0.6.2 contains an authentication bypass. A typo in the Facebook login guard (CWE-287) causes the token check to be skipped, so the login function sets authentication cookies without verifying any credential. An unauthenticated remote attacker can log in as any WordPress account, including administrators, by supplying a login name instead of an email address, using a nonce shown on public pages.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The Qode Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass leading to Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.6.2 via the qode_membership_check_facebook_user AJAX action. This is due to a typographic error in the Facebook OAuth token verification guard within the qode_membership_login_user_from_social_network function — the guard condition tests an undefined variable ($check_social_useqoder instead of $check_social_user), causing empty() to always return true and rendering the Graph API token verification branch dead code, leaving wp_set_auth_cookie() reachable with no credential or token validation whatsoever. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress account — including Administrator-level accounts — by supplying a known or enumerated administrator login name (rather than an email address) in the response[email] parameter, which the fallback path in get_user_by('login', $email) resolves to the matching account. Exploitation does require harvesting a valid qode_validate_facebook_login nonce, but this nonce is rendered on any public front-end page containing the [qode_user_login] or [qode_user_register] shortcode and is therefore obtainable without any prior authentication.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qode Themes | Qode Membership | up to 2.0.6.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Qode Membership VendorQode Themes Affected up to 2.0.6.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Qode Membership.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-92885
- 2026-10-27 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-hj69-4738-f2v2
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-92885 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-92885 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hj69-4738-f2v2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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