CVE-2025-1564
📋 TL;DR
The SetSail Membership plugin for WordPress has an authentication bypass vulnerability in social login functionality. Unauthenticated attackers can log in as any user, including administrators, potentially taking full control of affected WordPress sites. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- SetSail Membership WordPress Plugin
⚠️ 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 persistent backdoor installation.
Likely Case
Administrative account compromise leading to site defacement, data exfiltration, or ransomware deployment.
If Mitigated
Limited impact if plugin is disabled or removed before exploitation, though any prior compromise would require investigation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities are frequently weaponized quickly due to their high impact and low complexity.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 1.0.4 or later
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/setsail-travel-agency-theme/22832625
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel. 2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins. 3. Find SetSail Membership plugin. 4. Click 'Update Now' if update available. 5. If no update available, disable plugin immediately.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable SetSail Membership Plugin
linuxImmediately disable the vulnerable plugin to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate setsail-membership
Disable Social Login Feature
allIf plugin must remain active, disable social login functionality in plugin settings
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Remove SetSail Membership plugin completely from the WordPress installation
- Implement web application firewall rules to block requests to vulnerable plugin endpoints
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > Installed Plugins for SetSail Membership version 1.0.3 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get setsail-membership --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin version is 1.0.4 or later in WordPress admin panel📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication events from unexpected IP addresses
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login
- Administrative actions from new or unexpected user accounts
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests to /wp-content/plugins/setsail-membership/ endpoints with authentication bypass parameters
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("setsail-membership" OR "social login") AND (status=200 OR "authenticated")