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Authentication bypass in Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-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 Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash plugin for WordPress is affected in versions up to and including 3.8.2. The uo_login_action() function checks the submitted email value inconsistently, so the account-verification check is skipped while the login still succeeds (CWE-287). An unauthenticated remote attacker who knows a target account's credentials can log in to unverified or administrator-suspended accounts and obtain a valid session cookie.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02

Description from the CNA

The Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2 via the `email` parameter of the `uo_login_action()` function. This is due to a parser-differential flaw in which the plugin's account-verification gate resolves the submitted `email` value using the raw, unsanitized string passed to `get_user_by()`, while the subsequent `wp_signon()` call relies on WordPress core's internal `sanitize_user()` to strip appended junk characters — causing the gate lookup to fail and be skipped entirely while the real account is still resolved and authenticated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to unverified or administrator-suspended accounts whose credentials they already possess, obtaining a valid `wordpress_logged_in` session cookie and defeating the plugin's account-approval and account-suspension controls. The nonce required to reach the handler is freely obtainable in the same request from the unauthenticated `ult-refresh-nonce` endpoint, making exploitation trivial for any attacker with network access to the site and knowledge of a target account's credentials.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00463 40th 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
Uncanny OwlUncanny Toolkit for LearnDashup to 3.8.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash VendorUncanny Owl Affected up to 3.8.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-02

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-31 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119096
  2. 2026-10-31 Alias added: GHSA-c7cc-xqvj-xcq2
  3. 2026-11-02 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • TI-2023-16885 WordPress Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash plugin <= 3.6.4.3 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
  • TI-2026-40450 WordPress Uncanny Automator Pro plugin <= 7.3.0.6 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-85038 Privilege escalation in Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-03190 Uncanny Automator <= 6.4.0.1 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection in automator_api_decode_message Function CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-24647 WordPress Uncanny Automator Pro plugin < 5.3.0.1 - Unauthenticated License Settings Reset vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-30503 WordPress Uncanny Automator plugin <= 6.4.0.2 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources