{"id":59610,"date":"2025-07-24T13:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-22T19:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T01:05:52","slug":"cve-2025-7444-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-loginpress-pro-plugin-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7444-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-loginpress-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-7444: Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in LoginPress Pro Plugin for WordPress<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity community is facing yet another significant threat in the form of a vulnerability in the LoginPress Pro Plugin for WordPress, known as CVE-2025-7444. This vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 5.0.1, making it a significant risk to a large portion of the WordPress user base.<br \/>\nThe severity of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43232-critical-permissions-issue-allowing-app-to-bypass-privacy-preferences-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69086\">issue cannot be overstated as it allows for authentication bypass<\/a>, potentially granting malicious attackers administrative access. Given WordPress&#8217;s popularity and wide usage, the implications of this vulnerability are far-reaching, posing a significant risk to numerous websites, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43933-high-risk-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise-via-password-reset-feature\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70876\">potentially compromising systems and leading<\/a> to data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-7444<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50160-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-posing-system-compromise-risk\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78540\">System compromise<\/a>, data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3431455122\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>LoginPress Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5835-droip-plugin-for-wordpress-unauthorized-access-and-modification-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68984\">Plugin for WordPress<\/a> | Up to, and including, 5.0.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of an issue in the authentication process of the LoginPress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6184-time-based-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-tutor-lms-pro-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79098\">Pro plugin<\/a>. The plugin fails to sufficiently verify the user returned by the social <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6441-unauthenticated-login-token-generation-vulnerability-in-webinarignition-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68925\">login token<\/a>. As a result, if an attacker has access to a user&#8217;s email and the user does not have an existing account for the service returning the token, the attacker can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7692-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-orion-login-with-sms-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"69944\">bypass authentication<\/a> and log in as that user. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-42959-unauthenticated-replay-attack-exploiting-hmac-reuse\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"71296\">exploit could potentially allow an unauthenticated attacker<\/a> to log in as any existing user on the site, including administrators.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3644871661\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This is a sample HTTP request, where an attacker uses a crafted token to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45777-critical-vulnerability-in-otp-mechanism-bypassing-authentication-in-chavara-matrimony-site\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70917\">bypass the authentication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/wp-login.php?action=login HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{\n&quot;email&quot;: &quot;admin@example.com&quot;,\n&quot;token&quot;: &quot;malicious_crafted_token&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker uses the administrator&#8217;s email and a maliciously crafted token to bypass the authentication process and gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54378-unauthorized-access-vulnerability-in-hax-cms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"68926\">unauthorized access<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users of the affected LoginPress Pro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7696-critical-php-object-injection-vulnerability-in-wordpress-plugin-integration\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70875\">plugin for WordPress<\/a> are urged to apply the vendor patch as soon as possible. As a temporary mitigation, implementing Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) can help prevent exploitation of this vulnerability. However, these are merely temporary solutions and the vendor patch should be applied to fully <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7093-critical-vulnerability-in-belkin-f9k1122-1-00-33-impacting-system-security-and-data-integrity\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91201\">secure the system<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity community is facing yet another significant threat in the form of a vulnerability in the LoginPress Pro Plugin for WordPress, known as CVE-2025-7444. This vulnerability affects all versions of the plugin up to and including 5.0.1, making it a significant risk to a large portion of the WordPress user base. 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