GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7
Related
Published
2025-12-17T20:57:09Z
Modified
2026-02-04T04:28:48Z
Severity
  • 6.8 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Auth0 WordPress has Improper Audience Validation via Auth0-PHP SDK Dependency
Details

Description

In applications built with the Auth0-PHP SDK, the audience validation in access tokens is performed improperly. Without proper validation, affected applications may accept ID tokens as Access tokens.

Affected product and versions

Projects are affected if they meet the following preconditions:

  • Applications using the Auth0 Wordpress plugin with version between 5.0.0-BETA0 and 5.4.0,
  • Auth0 Wordpress plugin uses the Auth0-PHP SDK with versions between 8.0.0 and 8.17.0.

Resolution

Upgrade Auth0 Wordpress plugin to version 5.5.0 or greater.

Acknowledgement

Okta would like to thank Jafar Sadiq (iaf4r) for their discovery and responsible disclosure.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-1395",
        "CWE-863"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2025-12-17T20:57:09Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

Packagist / auth0/wordpress

Package

Name
auth0/wordpress
Purl
pkg:composer/auth0/wordpress

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.0.0-BETA0
Fixed
5.5.0

Affected versions

5.*
5.0.0-BETA0
5.0.0-BETA1
5.0.0
5.0.1
5.1.0
5.2.0
5.2.1
5.3.0
5.4.0

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range
"<= 5.4.0"
source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/12/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7/GHSA-vvg7-8rmq-92g7.json"