CVE-2025-6688 describes a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in the Simple Payment plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 1.3.6 through 2.3.8. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to log in as administrative users due to improper identity verification within the create_user() function. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community attention, with one mention on Mastodon advising users to disable the plugin and monitor for patches.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.3.6, <= 2.3.8CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:idokd:simple_payment:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | ||
>= 1.3.6, < 2.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:idokd:simple_payment:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.