Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators.
The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below –
CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) – An unauthenticated privilege escalation Bad actors are attempting to exploit two severe unauthenticated authentication bypasses in the Xecurify miniOrange SAML 2.0 Single Sign On plugin that make it possible for an attacker to sign in as any WordPress user, including administrators.
The vulnerabilities, as disclosed by Patchstack, are listed below –
CVE-2026-61979 (CVSS score: 8.1) – An unauthenticated privilege escalation The Hacker News