CVE-2025-1909
Published: 05 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-1909 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability in Buddyboss Buddyboss Platform. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 22.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
The BuddyBoss Platform Pro plugin for WordPress is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability in versions up to and including 2.7.01. The flaw arises from insufficient verification of the supplied user identity during Apple OAuth authentication requests through the plugin, which is tracked under CWE-288.
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the issue over the network to log in as any existing user account on the site, including administrators, as long as they possess access to the associated email address. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting its critical impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without requiring user interaction or privileges.
Advisories from the vendor and Wordfence recommend updating to a patched release; the referenced BuddyBoss changelogs indicate that version 2.7.10 and later address the OAuth verification gap. The EPSS score remains low and unchanged at 0.0103 with no observed rise after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-13435
Vulnerability details
The BuddyBoss Platform Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.7.01. This is due to insufficient verification on the user being supplied during the Apple OAuth authenticate request through the plugin. This…
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makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the email.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Authorizing remote access reduces the ability to bypass authentication via unauthorized alternate remote channels.
Users can identify logons via alternate paths or channels by reviewing the previous logon time.
Adaptive requirements can apply across access paths, reducing the ability to bypass authentication via alternate channels or paths.
Centralized IdPs close alternate authentication paths that enable bypass.
Enforces authentication for non-organizational users, making it harder to bypass via alternate paths or channels.
Requires authentication to occur exclusively over the isolated trusted path, directly preventing bypass via alternate or untrusted channels.