Privilege Escalation in Service Finder Bookings Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-5949

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Service Finder Bookings
Vendor
CVE Published:
1 November 2025

What is CVE-2025-5949?

The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress features a critical flaw that allows authenticated users to escalate their privileges. Specifically, attackers with subscriber access or higher can exploit this vulnerability to take over accounts by resetting passwords of other users, including administrators. This issue arises from the plugin's failure to adequately verify a user’s identity during password change requests, leaving the system open to unauthorized access and potential misuse.

Affected Version(s)

Service Finder Bookings * <= 6.0

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://themeforest.net/item/service-finder-service-and-b...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Friderika Baranyai
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