CVE-2025-5190
Browse As <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Cookie
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Browse As <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Cookie
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.
Reserved 2025-05-26 | Published 2025-05-30 | Updated 2025-05-30 | Assigner WordfenceCWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
| 2025-05-26: | Discovered |
| 2025-05-26: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-05-29: | Disclosed |
István Márton
www.wordfence.com/...-0d54-4c44-b168-a886da1077cb?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...owse-as/tags/0.2/browse-as.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...owse-as/tags/0.2/browse-as.php
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