Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-6441

Access Control

Published
24 July 2025
Modified
17 June 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0098 59th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-6441 is a critical-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 41% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

The WebinarIgnition plugin for WordPress is affected by CVE-2025-6441, a missing capability check vulnerability in the webinarignition_sign_in_support_staff and webinarignition_register_support functions. All versions through 4.03.32 are impacted, allowing unauthenticated login token generation for arbitrary WordPress users and subsequent issuance of authorization cookies that bypass authentication. The flaw is tracked under CWE-862 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8.

Unauthenticated attackers reachable over the network can invoke the affected AJAX endpoints without authentication or user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the ability to obtain valid login tokens and cookies for any targeted account, resulting in full authentication bypass and potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The supplied references include a WordPress plugin repository changeset (3333177) that updates the affected files in class-webinarignition.php, class.WebinarignitionAjax.php, and class.WebinarignitionManager.php, indicating an official patch has been published.

EPSS remains flat at 0.0135 with no material increase since disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The Webinar Solution: Create live/evergreen/automated/instant webinars, stream & Zoom Meetings | WebinarIgnition plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthenticated login token generation due to a missing capability check on the `webinarignition_sign_in_support_staff` and `webinarignition_register_support` functions in all versions up to, and…

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including, 4.03.32. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to generate login tokens for arbitrary WordPress users under certain circumstances, issuing authorization cookies which can lead to authentication bypass.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
Why these techniques?

Missing authorization in public WordPress plugin enables remote unauthenticated exploitation for auth bypass and valid account takeover.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

CVEs Like This One

CVE-2025-8342Shared CWE-862
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CVE-2025-31691Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-64356Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-22318Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-26956Shared CWE-862
CVE-2025-48916Shared CWE-862

Affected Assets

Wordpress
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 5 hardening rules · 3 OS baselines
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly enforces authorization checks on functions such as webinarignition_sign_in_support_staff before allowing login-token generation or cookie issuance.

prevent

Requires that privileged AJAX endpoints only execute with the minimum necessary privileges, blocking unauthenticated callers from obtaining arbitrary user tokens.

prevent

Mandates prompt application of the published patch (changeset 3333177) that adds the missing capability checks to class-webinarignition.php and related files.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.AA-05 full match
prevents

Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

prevents

Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.

prevents

Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.

prevents

Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.

mitigates

Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.

detects

By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.

prevents

Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.

References