Answer in brief
CVE-2026-119096 records a Critical severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash <= 3.8.2 - Unauthenticated Authentication Bypass via 'email' Parameter. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps uncannyowl/Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 9.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps uncannyowl/Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| uncannyowl/Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDashgeneric | >=0 <=3.8.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 31, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 31, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 31, 2026
The Uncanny Toolkit for LearnDash plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions up to, and including, 3.8.2 via the `email` parameter of the `uo_login_action()` function. This is due to a parser-differential flaw in which the plugin's account-verification gate resolves the submitted `email` value using the raw, unsanitized string passed to `get_user_by()`, while the subsequent `wp_signon()` call relies on WordPress core's internal `sanitize_user()` to strip appended junk characters — causing the gate lookup to fail and be skipped entirely while the real account is still resolved and authenticated. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in to unverified or administrator-suspended accounts whose credentials they already possess, obtaining a valid `wordpress_logged_in` session cookie and defeating the plugin's account-approval and account-suspension controls. The nonce required to reach the handler is freely obtainable in the same request from the unauthenticated `ult-refresh-nonce` endpoint, making exploitation trivial for any attacker with network access to the site and knowledge of a target account's credentials.
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