Login Me Now <= 1.7.2 - Authentication Bypass

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2025-1717
CVSS High (8.1)
Publicly Published February 26, 2025
Last Updated May 9, 2025
Researcher István Márton
Description

The Login Me Now plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 1.7.2. This is due to insecure authentication based on an arbitrary transient name in the 'AutoLogin::listen()' function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in an existing user on the site, even an administrator. Note: this vulnerability requires using a transient name and value from another software, so the plugin is not inherently vulnerable on it's own.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug login-me-now (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.2
Patched Version
  • 1.7.3
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