ManageWP Worker Plugin up to 4.9.36 on WordPress improper authentication

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ManageWP Worker Plugin up to 4.9.36. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-18052. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in ManageWP Worker Plugin up to 4.9.36. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The ManageWP Worker WordPress plugin before 4.9.37 does not bind the account being logged in to the signature which authorises the login, nor prevent an already used login link from being replayed, allowing attackers who obtain such a link to gain a session as any user on the site, including an administrator.

It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-18052 since 07/28/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.9.37 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-64219). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• ManageWP Worker Plugin

Version

• 4.9.0
• 4.9.1
• 4.9.2
• 4.9.3
• 4.9.4
• 4.9.5
• 4.9.6
• 4.9.7
• 4.9.8
• 4.9.9
• 4.9.10
• 4.9.11
• 4.9.12
• 4.9.13
• 4.9.14
• 4.9.15
• 4.9.16
• 4.9.17
• 4.9.18
• 4.9.19
• 4.9.20
• 4.9.21
• 4.9.22
• 4.9.23
• 4.9.24
• 4.9.25
• 4.9.26
• 4.9.27
• 4.9.28
• 4.9.29
• 4.9.30
• 4.9.31
• 4.9.32
• 4.9.33
• 4.9.34
• 4.9.35
• 4.9.36

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