dbcve.org
Improper Privilege ManagementWeakness · CWE-269

CVE-2025-5954

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-01
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
See remediation →
100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The Service Finder SMS System plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not restricting user role selection at the time of registration through the aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register as an administrator user.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

The Service Finder SMS System WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated registration through the aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup() function without restricting the user role that can be assigned. This enables any visitor to register with administrator privileges, gaining full site control.

MitigationUpdate to a patched version that restricts role assignment to low-privilege roles (e.g., Subscriber) or remove the role selection parameter entirely from the registration function.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify if Service Finder SMS System plugin is installed
    Check the WordPress plugins directory for the 'service-finder-sms-system' folder in wp-content/plugins/
    Affected if The plugin folder exists in the WordPress plugins directory
  2. Locate the vulnerable function in the plugin code
    Search the plugin files for the function 'aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup' or inspect the main plugin PHP file for this function definition
    Affected if The function aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup is present in the plugin code
  3. Check the user role assignment logic in the vulnerable function
    Examine the aonesms_fn_savedata_after_signup function to see if it accepts and applies a user role parameter without validation, particularly checking if administrator role can be assigned
    Affected if The function allows assigning administrator role without authentication or proper validation
  4. Verify WordPress user registration is enabled
    Check WordPress admin under Settings > General > Membership (or inspect wp_options table for 'users_can_register' setting)
    Affected if User registration is enabled and the plugin is installed
  5. Test for unauthenticated registration capability
    Submit a registration request to the site without authentication, observing if the plugin's registration endpoint accepts requests and allows role assignment
    Affected if Unauthenticated visitors can register accounts through the plugin and obtain administrator privileges

Your environment is affected if the Service Finder SMS System plugin is installed and its vulnerable function allows unauthenticated users to register with administrator-level privileges.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

Check your environment

Paste your version and any relevant configuration and it will be compared against the affected criteria above. Do not include secrets or credentials.

AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update to a patched version that restricts role assignment to low-privilege roles (e.g., Subscriber) or remove the role selection parameter entirely from the registration function.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Latest version of Service Finder SMS System plugin (version higher than 2.0.0)

  1. 1. Navigate to the WordPress admin dashboard
  2. 2. Go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
  3. 3. Locate the Service Finder SMS System plugin
  4. 4. Check if an update is available and update to the latest version
  5. 5. If no update is available through WordPress, check the ThemeForest marketplace or contact the plugin developer for the latest secure version
  6. 6. After updating, verify that the registration functionality properly restricts user roles

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,720
Get help mitigating

An estimate, not a bill — we confirm scope with you before any work starts. Need it this week? Rush from $2,752.

Scan for this in your stack

Free · runs locally
dbcve dependency scanner

Check whether your project pulls in CVE-2025-5954 — or any other known-vulnerable package — straight from your lock files. Free and open source; it runs locally and uploads nothing.

Get it on GitHub Scan in the browser

References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

Primary sources

Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-5954 in production — separate from our analysis above.

No notes yet

Be the first to add a field note for this CVE — a mitigation you’ve verified, a version caveat, or a link to a working fix. Sign in above to contribute.

What this is

A place for practitioners to share what actually worked: a mitigation you’ve tested, a configuration change, a version- or environment-specific caveat, or a link to a verified patch. The most useful notes rise to the top as peers upvote them, so the signal stays high.

What belongs here
  • Verified mitigations, workarounds, and config changes
  • Version or environment caveats, and links to real fixes
  • No weaponised exploit code, or anything meant to cause harm
  • No spam, self-promotion, credentials, or personal data