CVE-2025-1671 Academist Membership <= 1.1.6 - Authentication Bypass via Account Takeover
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication to log in as any user, including administrators, due to improper identity verification in the Facebook login function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-1671?
CVE-2025-1671 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Elated-Themes Academist Membership, published on 1 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Academist Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6. This is due to the academist_membership_check_facebook_user() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to authenticating them. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user, including site administrators.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1671?
How do I fix CVE-2025-1671?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1671 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-1671 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1671 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2m82-vj3v-6q9q.