CVE-2025-68860
Published: 29 December 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-68860 is a critical-severity Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel (CWE-288) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 37.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-68860 is an Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability (CWE-288) that enables authentication abuse in the Mobile Builder WordPress plugin (mobile-builder). This issue affects all versions from an unspecified starting point through 1.4.2. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), reflecting its network accessibility, low attack complexity, lack of required privileges or user interaction, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Remote attackers require no authentication or privileges to exploit this vulnerability over the network. Successful exploitation allows attackers to bypass authentication mechanisms entirely, potentially granting unauthorized access to plugin functions and enabling severe compromise of affected WordPress sites.
Patchstack has published an advisory detailing the broken authentication vulnerability in WordPress Mobile Builder plugin version 1.4.2, available at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/mobile-builder/vulnerability/wordpress-mobile-builder-plugin-1-4-2-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve. Security practitioners should review this reference for specific mitigation steps, such as applying available patches or updates beyond version 1.4.2.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-205658
Vulnerability details
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in Mobile Builder Mobile builder mobile-builder allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Mobile builder: from n/a through <= 1.4.2.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an authentication bypass in a public-facing WordPress plugin, directly enabling exploitation of a public-facing application.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces approved authorizations for logical access, directly preventing unauthorized exploitation via authentication bypass alternate paths in the Mobile Builder plugin.
Limits and documents specific actions permitted without identification or authentication, mitigating bypass vulnerabilities that allow unauthorized plugin functions.
Requires timely remediation of flaws, such as patching Mobile Builder versions through 1.4.2 to eliminate the authentication bypass vulnerability.