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CVE-2025-7955VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-7955: RingCentral Communications Plugin – FREE · Improper Authentication

Affects RingCentral Communications Plugin – FREESource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.8 Critical.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 53% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Aug 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
pbmacintyre RingCentral Communications Plugin – FREEAffected
  • =1.5
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until an official patch is released, organizations should take immediate and specific actions to mitigate the risk from CVE-2025-7955. First, disable or uninstall the RingCentral Communications plugin versions 1.5 to 1.6.8 on all WordPress sites to prevent exploitation. If disabling is not feasible, restrict access to the WordPress admin panel using IP whitelisting or VPNs to limit exposure. Implement additional layers of authentication such as Web Application Firewalls (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious login attempts involving bogus 2FA codes. Monitor authentication logs closely for unusual login patterns or repeated failed 2FA attempts. Inform all users to change their passwords and review account activity for signs of compromise. Consider deploying intrusion detection systems (IDS) to identify exploitation attempts. Once a patch or update is available from pbmacintyre, apply it immediately and verify the fix. Additionally, conduct a security audit of all WordPress plugins and remove any unnecessary or outdated components to reduce attack surface.

Description

The RingCentral Communications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to improper validation within the ringcentral_admin_login_2fa_verify() function in versions 1.5 to 1.6.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user simply by supplying identical bogus codes.

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