# CVE-2025-69101: WordPress Workreap Core plugin <= 3.4.1 - Broken Authentication vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authentication in the Workreap Core WordPress plugin to gain unauthorized access to user accounts.

- **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:** 22 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-grh8-682w-hgpp

## What is CVE-2025-69101?

CVE-2025-69101 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap Core, published on 22 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap Core workreap_core allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Workreap Core: from n/a through <= 3.4.1.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-69101?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-69101?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-69101 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-69101 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-69101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-69101 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-69101 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in AmentoTech Workreap Core, published on 22 Jan 2026. 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-2025-69101 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: AmentoTech Workreap Core. 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-2025-69101/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69101/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-69101
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-69101
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-69101

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-69101/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.