CVE-2025-5190

HIGH EPSS 34.3%
Published May 30, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 30, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

The Browse As plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to incorrect authentication checking in the 'IS_BA_Browse_As::notice' function with the 'is_ba_original_user_COOKIEHASH' cookie value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the user id.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
34.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-288

References 3

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/browse-as/tags/0.2/browse-as.php#L115
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/browse-as/tags/0.2/browse-as.php#L92
  • wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8f5722b0-0d54-4c44-b168-a886da1077cb?source=cve

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.