CVE-2025-5947 Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Authentication Bypass via User Switch Cookie
Unauthenticated attackers can bypass authentication via a cookie to log in as any user, including administrators, in the Service Finder Bookings plugin.
- 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-2025-5947?
CVE-2025-5947 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings, published on 1 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5947?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5947?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5947 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-2025-5947 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5947 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x2xx-4qhp-2vqx.