---
id: "CVE-2026-110959"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-110959"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-110959"]
title: "Descope WordPress plugin: unauthenticated login as any account, including admins"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["descope", "package", "self-hosted", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "version-1.2.0-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-12T06:17:11+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-12T06:36:51+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-12T06:38:03+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110959", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-12T06:36:51+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# Descope WordPress plugin: unauthenticated login as any account, including admins

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-110959 (this .md is for agents)

The Descope WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not check the authentication token it receives before creating a WordPress session, so any non-empty token is accepted. An unauthenticated attacker who knows an account's email address can get a logged-in session for that account, including an administrator.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed Descope plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get descope --field=version` if WP-CLI is available.
- Flag any site running a Descope plugin version below `1.2.0`.

## Fix

- Descope WordPress plugin: update to `1.2.0` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-12T06:36:51+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110959

## From the sources

The Descope WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate the authentication token it receives before creating a WordPress session, accepting any non-empty token, so an unauthenticated attacker can obtain a session for any existing account, including an administrator, by supplying that account's email address.

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