CVE-2025-1061
📋 TL;DR
The Nextend Social Login Pro WordPress plugin has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user, including administrators, if they have access to the target's email address. This affects all WordPress sites using the plugin version 3.1.16 or earlier. Attackers can gain full administrative access to vulnerable WordPress installations.
💻 Affected Systems
- Nextend Social Login Pro for WordPress
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete site takeover with administrative privileges, allowing data theft, defacement, malware injection, and backdoor installation.
Likely Case
Administrative account compromise leading to unauthorized content changes, plugin/theme installation, and user privilege escalation.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if strong network segmentation, web application firewalls, and monitoring are in place to detect unusual authentication patterns.
🎯 Exploit Status
Attack requires knowledge of target email addresses but no authentication or special privileges to execute.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 3.1.17 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://nextendweb.com/nextend-social-login-docs/pro-addon-changelog/
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
3. Find Nextend Social Login Pro
4. Click 'Update Now' if available
5. Alternatively, download version 3.1.17+ from vendor site and upload manually
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Apple OAuth Provider
allTemporarily disable the Apple OAuth provider in plugin settings to prevent exploitation through this vector.
Disable Plugin
linuxCompletely deactivate the Nextend Social Login Pro plugin until patched.
wp plugin deactivate nextend-facebook-connect-pro
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately disable the Nextend Social Login Pro plugin entirely
- Implement web application firewall rules to block suspicious authentication requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with Apple OAuth parameters
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check plugin version in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins. If version is 3.1.16 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin get nextend-facebook-connect-pro --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 3.1.17 or higher after update. Test Apple OAuth login functionality to ensure it works without allowing unauthorized access.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login via Apple OAuth
- Unusual user agent strings during authentication
- Administrative actions from previously inactive accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php with 'action=nextend_social_login_authenticate' and Apple provider parameters
- Unusual spikes in authentication traffic
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND "nextend_social_login_authenticate" AND "provider=apple" | stats count by src_ip, user