CVE-2025-71279 XenForo Passkey Security Bypass
Attackers can bypass Passkey authentication in XenForo, potentially compromising user accounts and requiring an upgrade to secure the system.
- 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-2025-71279?
CVE-2025-71279 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in XenForo, published on 1 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
XenForo before 2.3.7 contains a security issue affecting Passkeys that have been added to user accounts. An attacker may be able to compromise the security of Passkey-based authentication.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71279?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xenforo Xenforo.
How do I fix CVE-2025-71279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-71279 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-2025-71279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in XenForo
- CVE-2026-73309 XenForo < 2.3.13 Authentication Bypass via OAuth2 Token Endpoint
- CVE-2026-73311 XenForo < 2.3.13 OAuth2 Authorization Code Reuse
- CVE-2026-73312 XenForo < 2.3.13 Refresh Token Replay via Expired Access Token
- CVE-2024-38457 Xenforo before 2.2.16 allows CSRF.
- CVE-2024-38458 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gqgm-83rg-vhcj.