CVE-2025-5954 Service Finder SMS System <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation
Unauthenticated attackers can register as administrators due to missing role restrictions in the Service Finder SMS System WordPress 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-2025-5954?
CVE-2025-5954 is a critical vulnerability in aonetheme Service Finder SMS System, 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 SMS System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not restricting user role selection at the time of registration through the aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5954?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5954?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5954 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-5954 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5954 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8qcm-792h-prf3.