CVE-2025-7955 (GCVE-0-2025-7955)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-28 05:24 – Updated: 2025-08-28 14:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
RingCentral Communications 1.5 - 1.6.8 - Missing Server‑Side Verification to Authentication Bypass via ringcentral_admin_login_2fa_verify Function
Summary
The RingCentral Communications plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass due to improper validation within the ringcentral_admin_login_2fa_verify() function in versions 1.5 to 1.6.8. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user simply by supplying identical bogus codes.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-08-28 13:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pbmacintyre | RingCentral Communications Plugin – FREE |
Affected:
1.5 , ≤ 1.6.8
(semver)
|
guessed |
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