CVE-2025-6688 (GCVE-0-2025-6688)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-27 07:22 – Updated: 2025-06-27 13:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Simple Payment 1.3.6 - 2.3.8 - Authentication Bypass to Admin
Summary
The Simple Payment plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 1.3.6 to 2.3.8. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to logging them in through the create_user() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as administrative users.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-27 13:40 UTC
CWE
- CWE-288 - Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| idokd | Simple Payment |
Affected:
1.3.6 , ≤ 2.3.8
(semver)
|
guessed |
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