The Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.0 via the `checkout_form` parameter of the `login_customer_after_checkout` function. This is due to the publicly accessible `wu_ajax_nopriv_wu_validate_form` AJAX handler accepting a freely obtainable checkout nonce, and the `checkout_form=wu-finish-checkout` parameter causing `get_validation_rules()` to discard all validation rules while `finish_checkout_form_fields()` returns an empty step list — forcing `is_last_step()` to return true and routing the request directly into full order processing — after which `maybe_create_customer()` resolves the attacker-supplied `email_address` to an existing WordPress user ID without any authentication or ownership verification, and `login_customer_after_checkout()` calls `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for that user ID via a passwordless code path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user — including a Network Super Admin — simply by knowing their email address. Exploitation requires that the targeted user account has no pre-existing Ultimate Multisite customer record; accounts such as a Network Super Admin on a fresh Multisite install, or any administrator or editor added before Ultimate Multisite was configured, satisfy this condition and are therefore exploitable.
References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L1223 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L208 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2489 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2700 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.14.2/inc/models/class-checkout-form.php#L1352 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L1223 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L208 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2489 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php#L2700 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-multisite/tags/2.15.0/inc/models/class-checkout-form.php#L1352 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3653622/ultimate-multisite/trunk/inc/checkout/class-checkout.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3653623%40ultimate-multisite%2Ftags%2F2.15.1&old=3634394%40ultimate-multisite%2Ftags%2F2.15.0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/66cb8c6f-d405-4115-a626-040e9b5b1e62?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Superdav42
Superdav42 ultimate Multisite
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ultimate Multisite
Vendors & Products Superdav42
Superdav42 ultimate Multisite
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions ultimate Multisite

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description The Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.0 via the `checkout_form` parameter of the `login_customer_after_checkout` function. This is due to the publicly accessible `wu_ajax_nopriv_wu_validate_form` AJAX handler accepting a freely obtainable checkout nonce, and the `checkout_form=wu-finish-checkout` parameter causing `get_validation_rules()` to discard all validation rules while `finish_checkout_form_fields()` returns an empty step list — forcing `is_last_step()` to return true and routing the request directly into full order processing — after which `maybe_create_customer()` resolves the attacker-supplied `email_address` to an existing WordPress user ID without any authentication or ownership verification, and `login_customer_after_checkout()` calls `wp_set_auth_cookie()` for that user ID via a passwordless code path. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing WordPress user — including a Network Super Admin — simply by knowing their email address. Exploitation requires that the targeted user account has no pre-existing Ultimate Multisite customer record; accounts such as a Network Super Admin on a fresh Multisite install, or any administrator or editor added before Ultimate Multisite was configured, satisfy this condition and are therefore exploitable.
Title Ultimate Multisite <= 2.15.0 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via 'checkout_form' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-287
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-10-01T07:40:23.541Z

Updated: 2026-10-01T13:42:37.093Z

Reserved: 2026-08-18T16:14:24.893Z

Link: CVE-2026-75957

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-01T13:42:32.127Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-01T08:16:52.763

Modified: 2026-10-01T14:17:30.497

Link: CVE-2026-75957

cve-icon Redhat

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