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2 vulnerabilities found for faustjs by wpengine
CVE-2026-54239 (GCVE-0-2026-54239)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-09-17 18:25 – Updated: 2026-09-18 18:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
FaustWP — Authentication Bypass via Initialization Vector Modification in Token Envelope
Summary
Faust.js is a headless WordPress toolkit. Prior to 1.8.11, the FaustWP WordPress plugin authenticates only the ciphertext in its token envelope and excludes the 16-byte initialization vector from the HMAC in WPE\FaustWP\Auth\encrypt() and WPE\FaustWP\Auth\decrypt() in plugins/faustwp/includes/auth/functions.php. A logged-in non-administrator who obtains an authorization code from GET /generate can modify the unauthenticated initialization vector so that CBC decryption changes the token type and user identifier while the HMAC remains valid. This can produce an access token for an Administrator and permit full WordPress REST API access, administrator-account creation, plugin installation, and arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in repository version 1.8.11.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-18 17:24 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/pull/2386 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/commit/cda00d… | x_refsource_MISC |
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CVE-2026-54239 (GCVE-0-2026-54239)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 18:25 – Updated: 2026-09-18 18:33
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
FaustWP — Authentication Bypass via Initialization Vector Modification in Token Envelope
Summary
Faust.js is a headless WordPress toolkit. Prior to 1.8.11, the FaustWP WordPress plugin authenticates only the ciphertext in its token envelope and excludes the 16-byte initialization vector from the HMAC in WPE\FaustWP\Auth\encrypt() and WPE\FaustWP\Auth\decrypt() in plugins/faustwp/includes/auth/functions.php. A logged-in non-administrator who obtains an authorization code from GET /generate can modify the unauthenticated initialization vector so that CBC decryption changes the token type and user identifier while the HMAC remains valid. This can produce an access token for an Administrator and permit full WordPress REST API access, administrator-account creation, plugin installation, and arbitrary code execution. This issue is fixed in repository version 1.8.11.
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-18 17:24 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/security/advi… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/pull/2386 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/wpengine/faustjs/commit/cda00d… | x_refsource_MISC |
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