GHSA-vfpx-q664-h93m: auth0/wordpress

Auth0 WordPress Plugin has Insufficient Entropy in Cookie Encryption

CVSS 8.2 High

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 3 Apr 2026, 03:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed in
auth0/wordpress	Packagist	>=5.0.0-BETA0, <5.6.0	5.6.0

Identifiers

GHSA-vfpx-q664-h93m · PKSA-rbsn-2z23-mspc

Weakness (CWE)

CWE-331

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

The Auth0 WordPress plugin, versions 5.0.0-BETA0 up to 5.6.0 (exclusive), encrypts cookies with insufficient entropy. An attacker who can use the cookies could brute-force the encryption key and forge session cookies. Upgrade to version 5.6.0 or later.

Written 3 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
8.2	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N	GitHub Advisory Database

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS No score.

Timeline

31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC First seen by agentprime
31 Oct 2026, 14:25 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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