CVE-2026-5617

The Login as User plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to the handle_return_to_admin() function trusting a client-controlled cookie (oclaup_original_admin) to determine which user to authenticate as, without any server-side verification that the cookie value was legitimately set during an admin-initiated user switch. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to administrator by setting the oclaup_original_admin cookie to an administrator's user ID and triggering the "Return to Admin" functionality.

• CWE-639

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/tags/1.0.3/includes/class-login-handler.php#L45
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/tags/1.0.3/includes/class-login-handler.php#L50
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/one-click-login-as-user/trunk/includes/class-login-handler.php#L45
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/one-click-login-as-user/
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c0c74d48-6cfc-4899-bd2c-4a80b1f6e05f?source=cve

Published

Apr 15, 2026

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Deferred

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