# CVE-2025-5948: Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via claim_business

> Unauthenticated attackers can escalate privileges to admin by exploiting improper identity validation in the claim_business action.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qqp4-w394-8p76

## What is CVE-2025-5948?

CVE-2025-5948 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings, published on 19 Sep 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 account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to claiming a business when using the claim_business AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins. Please note that subscriber privileges or brute-forcing are needed when completing the business takeover. The claim_id is needed to takeover the admin account, but brute-forcing is a practical approach to obtaining valid IDs.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5948?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-5948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5948 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: aonetheme Service Finder Bookings. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5948/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5948

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5948/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.