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CVE-2026-80099 (GCVE-0-2026-80099)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-09 08:28 – Updated: 2026-09-09 08:28

Title

Various Newfold Plugins Various Versions - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Bearer Token Validation with Empty Secret

Summary

Several Newfold plugins are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The vulnerability exists because the plugins bundle the wp-module-data module. In the module, the `authenticate()` method — registered on the `rest_authentication_errors` filter and therefore evaluated for every unauthenticated REST API request — performs an HMAC-style Bearer token comparison that degenerates when `HiiveConnection::get_auth_token()` returns `false`: PHP coerces `strrev(false)` to `strrev('')`, collapsing the secret salt to the publicly known constant `hash('sha256', '') = e3b0c44...`, while all remaining hash inputs (HTTP method, request URL, raw request body, and the `X-Timestamp` header) remain fully attacker-controlled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to compute a valid Bearer token entirely offline, pass the token equality check, and have `wp_set_current_user()` invoked against the first administrator returned by `get_users(['role' => 'administrator'])`, granting full administrator-level access and enabling arbitrary REST API operations such as creating new administrator accounts and achieving complete site takeover. Vulnerable versions are WP Plugin Crazy Domains (<= 2.5.2), WP Plugin Web (<= 2.3.4), WP Plugin Hostgator (<= 3.1.0), WP Plugin Bluehost (<= 4.17.1). The affected module is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, 2.9.4.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication

Assigner

Wordfence mitre root

References

11 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mod…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mod…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mod…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mod…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-mod…
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-module-data/co…
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgat…
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehos…
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web/com…
https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-crazy-d…

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
Newfold	WP Plugin Web	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.3.5 (semver)	guessed
Newfold	WP Plugin Crazy Domains	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5.2 (semver)	guessed
Newfold	WP Module Data	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.9.7 (semver)	guessed
Newfold	WP Plugin Hostgator	Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.2.0 (semver)	guessed
Newfold	WP Plugin Bluehost	Affected: 0 , ≤ 4.19.0 (semver)	guessed

Credits

sorin vasile

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FKIE_CVE-2026-80099

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-09-09 09:17 - Updated: 2026-09-09 09:17

Severity

8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

	URL	Tags
	security@wordfence.com	https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-module-data/commit/9d913fd8fa12796c4d9c09081e4aeccfa5cb1301
	security@wordfence.com	https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehost/compare/4.19.0...4.19.1
	security@wordfence.com	https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-crazy-domains/compare/2.5.2...2.5.3
	security@wordfence.com	https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgator/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1
	security@wordfence.com	https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web/compare/2.3.5...2.3.6
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L191
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L201
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L222
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L69
	security@wordfence.com	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/HiiveConnection.php#L406
	security@wordfence.com	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ee369c0-0d7c-4142-b3ba-a518288647ba?source=cve

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-X9JW-34GV-V4X8

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-09 09:33 – Updated: 2026-09-09 09:33

Details

Several Newfold plugins are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The vulnerability exists because the plugins bundle the wp-module-data module. In the module, the authenticate() method — registered on the rest_authentication_errors filter and therefore evaluated for every unauthenticated REST API request — performs an HMAC-style Bearer token comparison that degenerates when HiiveConnection::get_auth_token() returns false: PHP coerces strrev(false) to strrev(''), collapsing the secret salt to the publicly known constant hash('sha256', '') = e3b0c44..., while all remaining hash inputs (HTTP method, request URL, raw request body, and the X-Timestamp header) remain fully attacker-controlled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to compute a valid Bearer token entirely offline, pass the token equality check, and have wp_set_current_user() invoked against the first administrator returned by get_users(['role' => 'administrator']), granting full administrator-level access and enabling arbitrary REST API operations such as creating new administrator accounts and achieving complete site takeover. Vulnerable versions are WP Plugin Crazy Domains (<= 2.5.2), WP Plugin Web (<= 2.3.4), WP Plugin Hostgator (<= 3.1.0), WP Plugin Bluehost (<= 4.17.1). The affected module is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, 2.9.4.

Severity

8.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Several Newfold plugins are vulnerable to Authentication Bypass. The vulnerability exists because the plugins bundle the wp-module-data module. In the module, the `authenticate()` method \u2014 registered on the `rest_authentication_errors` filter and therefore evaluated for every unauthenticated REST API request \u2014 performs an HMAC-style Bearer token comparison that degenerates when `HiiveConnection::get_auth_token()` returns `false`: PHP coerces `strrev(false)` to `strrev(\u0027\u0027)`, collapsing the secret salt to the publicly known constant `hash(\u0027sha256\u0027, \u0027\u0027) = e3b0c44...`, while all remaining hash inputs (HTTP method, request URL, raw request body, and the `X-Timestamp` header) remain fully attacker-controlled. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to compute a valid Bearer token entirely offline, pass the token equality check, and have `wp_set_current_user()` invoked against the first administrator returned by `get_users([\u0027role\u0027 =\u003e \u0027administrator\u0027])`, granting full administrator-level access and enabling arbitrary REST API operations such as creating new administrator accounts and achieving complete site takeover. Vulnerable versions are WP Plugin Crazy Domains (\u003c= 2.5.2), WP Plugin Web (\u003c= 2.3.4), WP Plugin Hostgator (\u003c= 3.1.0), WP Plugin Bluehost (\u003c= 4.17.1). The affected module is vulnerable in versions up to, and including, 2.9.4.",
  "id": "GHSA-x9jw-34gv-v4x8",
  "modified": "2026-09-09T09:33:00Z",
  "published": "2026-09-09T09:33:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80099"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-module-data/commit/9d913fd8fa12796c4d9c09081e4aeccfa5cb1301"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehost/compare/4.19.0...4.19.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-crazy-domains/compare/2.5.2...2.5.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgator/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web/compare/2.3.5...2.3.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L191"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L201"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L222"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L69"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/HiiveConnection.php#L406"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ee369c0-0d7c-4142-b3ba-a518288647ba?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

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CVE-2026-80099 (GCVE-0-2026-80099)

FKIE_CVE-2026-80099

GHSA-X9JW-34GV-V4X8

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