CVE-2025-5955
📋 TL;DR
The Service Finder SMS System WordPress plugin has an authentication bypass vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user without verifying phone numbers. This affects all WordPress sites using this plugin up to version 2.0.0. Attackers can gain unauthorized access to user accounts and potentially administrative privileges.
💻 Affected Systems
- Service Finder SMS System 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
Attackers gain administrative access to WordPress sites, enabling complete site takeover, data theft, malware injection, and defacement.
Likely Case
Attackers compromise user accounts to steal personal data, post unauthorized content, or escalate privileges to gain administrative control.
If Mitigated
With proper network segmentation and monitoring, impact is limited to the affected WordPress instance without lateral movement to other systems.
🎯 Exploit Status
Authentication bypass vulnerabilities are frequently weaponized quickly. The unauthenticated nature makes exploitation trivial for attackers.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Version after 2.0.0
Vendor Advisory: https://themeforest.net/item/service-finder-service-and-business-listing-wordpress-theme/15208793
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins → Installed Plugins
3. Find 'Service Finder SMS System'
4. Click 'Update Now' if update available
5. If no update, deactivate and delete the plugin immediately
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Disable Plugin
allDeactivate the vulnerable plugin to prevent exploitation
wp plugin deactivate service-finder-sms-system
Restrict Access
allBlock access to plugin files via web server configuration
# Add to .htaccess for Apache:
<FilesMatch "service-finder.*">
Order Allow,Deny
Deny from all
</FilesMatch>
# Add to nginx config:
location ~ /wp-content/plugins/service-finder.* {
deny all;
}
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately deactivate the Service Finder SMS System plugin in WordPress admin
- Implement web application firewall rules to block authentication bypass attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin → Plugins → Installed Plugins for 'Service Finder SMS System' version 2.0.0 or earlierCheck Version:
wp plugin get service-finder-sms-system --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
Verify plugin is either updated to version after 2.0.0 or completely removed from the plugins directory📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual authentication attempts without phone verification
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login from same IP
- User logins from unexpected IP addresses or locations
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to plugin authentication endpoints without proper parameters
- Unusual traffic patterns to /wp-content/plugins/service-finder/ paths
SIEM Query:
source="wordpress.log" AND ("service-finder" OR "sms-system") AND ("login" OR "authenticate") AND NOT "phone_verification"