CVE-2025-5190 Browse As <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Cookie
Authenticated subscribers can bypass authentication to log in as any user, including administrators, via cookie manipulation in the Browse As plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5190?
CVE-2025-5190 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in sorich87 Browse As, published on 30 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-288
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5190?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5190?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5190 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-2025-5190 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5190 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xp67-rfwj-p4w6.