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        "cveId": "CVE-2026-80099",
        "assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Wordfence",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-25T18:44:30.101Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-09-09T08:28:22.335Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-09-09T08:28:22.335Z"
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                "shortName": "Wordfence",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-09-09T08:28:22.335Z"
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            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "Newfold",
                    "product": "WP Plugin Web",
                    "versions": [
                        {
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                            "status": "affected",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "2.3.5",
                            "versionType": "semver"
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                {
                    "vendor": "Newfold",
                    "product": "WP Plugin Crazy Domains",
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                            "versionType": "semver"
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                    ],
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                {
                    "vendor": "Newfold",
                    "product": "WP Module Data",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "2.9.7",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                },
                {
                    "vendor": "Newfold",
                    "product": "WP Plugin Hostgator",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "3.2.0",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
                },
                {
                    "vendor": "Newfold",
                    "product": "WP Plugin Bluehost",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "4.19.0",
                            "versionType": "semver"
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                    ],
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            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "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."
                }
            ],
            "title": "Various Newfold Plugins Various Versions - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via Bearer Token Validation with Empty Secret",
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3ee369c0-0d7c-4142-b3ba-a518288647ba?source=cve"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L222"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L201"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L191"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/HiiveConnection.php#L406"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-module-data/trunk/includes/Data.php#L69"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-module-data/commit/9d913fd8fa12796c4d9c09081e4aeccfa5cb1301"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-hostgator/compare/3.2.0...3.2.1"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-bluehost/compare/4.19.0...4.19.1"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-web/compare/2.3.5...2.3.6"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://github.com/newfold-labs/wp-plugin-crazy-domains/compare/2.5.2...2.5.3"
                }
            ],
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-287 Improper Authentication",
                            "cweId": "CWE-287",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
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                        "baseScore": 8.8,
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                    "type": "finder",
                    "value": "sorin vasile"
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            "timeline": [
                {
                    "time": "2026-09-08T20:12:14.000Z",
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Disclosed"
                }
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