Vulnerability · Published May 30, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-5190Browse As <= 0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Authentication Bypass via Cookie
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity authentication bypass in Browse As from sorich87. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Browse As plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 0.2. This is due to incorrect authentication checking in the 'IS_BA_Browse_As::notice' function with the 'is_ba_original_user_COOKIEHASH' cookie value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the user id.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-288 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H