CVE-2025-6574: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and excluding, 6.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress suffers from an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) due to improper validation of user identity before updating user details such as email addresses. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges can exploit this to modify any user's email address, including administrators, facilitating password reset and account takeover. This vulnerability exists in all versions prior to 6.1 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated low-privilege user to escalate privileges by changing email addresses of arbitrary users, including administrators. This leads to account takeover through password reset mechanisms, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Users should upgrade to version 6.1 or later once available, as the vulnerability affects all versions up to but excluding 6.1. Until a patch is confirmed, restrict subscriber-level access and monitor for suspicious account changes.
CVE-2025-6574: CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in aonetheme Service Finder Bookings
Description
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and excluding, 6.1. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress suffers from an authorization bypass vulnerability (CWE-639) due to improper validation of user identity before updating user details such as email addresses. Authenticated attackers with subscriber-level privileges can exploit this to modify any user's email address, including administrators, facilitating password reset and account takeover. This vulnerability exists in all versions prior to 6.1 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation allows an authenticated low-privilege user to escalate privileges by changing email addresses of arbitrary users, including administrators. This leads to account takeover through password reset mechanisms, compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected WordPress sites using the vulnerable plugin versions.
Mitigation Recommendations
Patch status is not yet confirmed — check the vendor advisory for current remediation guidance. Users should upgrade to version 6.1 or later once available, as the vulnerability affects all versions up to but excluding 6.1. Until a patch is confirmed, restrict subscriber-level access and monitor for suspicious account changes.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2025-06-24T14:07:03.697Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6905ae02e1b1aafea8d7ec94
Added to database: 11/1/2025, 6:51:46 AM
Last enriched: 4/9/2026, 9:40:28 PM
Last updated: 5/10/2026, 3:27:30 AM
Views: 147
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