Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via claim_business
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
The Service Finder Bookings plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 6.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to claiming a business when using the claim_business AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to login as any user including admins. Please note that subscriber privileges or brute-forcing are needed when completing the business takeover. The claim_id is needed to takeover the admin account, but brute-forcing is a practical approach to obtaining valid IDs.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-5948
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qqp4-w394-8p76
References
More aonetheme vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-05372 Service Finder Bookings <= 6.0 - Authentication Bypass via User Switch Cookie CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-17737 WordPress Service Finder Booking plugin <= 6.1 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02145 Service Finder Bookings <= 5.1 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via 'nsl_registration_store_extra_input' CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-12483 Service Finder Bookings <= 5.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-05378 Service Finder SMS System <= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-22501 WordPress Service Finder Booking plugin <= 6.2 - Privilege Escalation vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-5948 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-5948 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qqp4-w394-8p76 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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