---
id: "CVE-2026-115214"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-115214"]
title: "Datawiza Proxy Auth WordPress plugin: forged headers grant administrator login"
severity: "critical"
cvss: null
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wordpress-plugins"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "plugin-version-1.1.1-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-10-25T06:16:32+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-25T06:36:35+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T06:37:32+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115214", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-25T06:36:35+00:00"}]
---

# Datawiza Proxy Auth WordPress plugin: forged headers grant administrator login

The Datawiza Proxy Auth Plugin for WordPress trusts user-identity and role HTTP headers without checking that they came from a trusted reverse proxy. An unauthenticated attacker can send forged headers to create and log in as a WordPress administrator.

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

## How to check

- Check whether the Datawiza Proxy Auth Plugin is installed and its version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin list`
- Review whether the site sits behind the Datawiza proxy and whether the plugin is active
- unknown for any other check, the sources do not say

## Fix

- Update the Datawiza Proxy Auth Plugin to `1.1.1` or later
- If no fixed version is installed, deactivate and remove the plugin until it is updated
- Rotate WordPress administrator passwords and review administrator accounts created recently, since the sources say attackers can create them

## Timeline

- 2026-10-25T06:36:35+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-115214

## From the sources

The Datawiza Proxy Auth Plugin  WordPress plugin before 1.1.1 does not verify that the user-identity and role HTTP request headers it trusts originate from a trusted reverse proxy, allowing unauthenticated attackers to create and authenticate as a WordPress administrator.

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