CVE-2025-5947
Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Authentication Bypass via User Switch Cookie
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Authentication Bypass via User Switch Cookie
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
- Record
CVE-2025-5947- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-23319
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
- Record
EUVD-2025-23319- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x2xx-4qhp-2vqx
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via...
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
- Record
GHSA-x2xx-4qhp-2vqx- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's cookie value prior to logging them in through the service_finder_switch_back() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins.
- Record
CVE-2025-5947- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclei | Service Finder Bookings - Authentication Bypass | |
| PoC in GitHub | M4rgs/CVE-2025-5947_Exploit | 2025-10-10 |
| PoC in GitHub | xxconi/CVE-2025-5947 | 2026-05-30 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-5947 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Aonetheme Service Finder Bookings, published August 1, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.86%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c1fe4f60-d93b-4071-90ae-ac863c17fe19?source=cve
themeforest.net/item/service-finder-service-and-business-listing-wordpress-theme/15208793
vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2025-5947-detect-wordpress-vulnerability
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5947
github.com/advisories/GHSA-x2xx-4qhp-2vqx