CVE-2025-7955
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 · uneditedThe 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.
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 confidenceThe RingCentral Communications WordPress plugin (versions 1.5-1.6.8) contains an authentication bypass in the ringcentral_admin_login_2fa_verify() function. The improper validation allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass 2FA by submitting identical bogus codes, enabling them to log in as any existing WordPress user with administrative privileges.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if RingCentral Communications plugin is installedNavigate to WordPress admin > Plugins, or inspect the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'ringcentral' or 'ringcentral-communications'Affected if The plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Determine the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the RingCentral Communications plugin version number, or read the main plugin PHP file header which contains the 'Version' fieldAffected if Version is 1.5, 1.6.0, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 1.6.4, 1.6.5, 1.6.6, 1.6.7, or 1.6.8 (any version from 1.5 through 1.6.8 inclusive)
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Verify if the 2FA feature is enabledCheck the plugin settings in WordPress admin under RingCentral Communications settings, or inspect the database options table for ringcentral_2fa_enabled or similar configuration keysAffected if Two-factor authentication is actively enabled for the plugin
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Confirm administrative users existIn WordPress admin, go to Users > All Users and check for users with Administrator roleAffected if Any administrative-level WordPress users are present in the system
If the RingCentral Communications plugin is installed at version 1.5 through 1.6.8 and 2FA is enabled, the authentication bypass vulnerability is present and exploitable.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
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.
From vendor dataUpgrade the RingCentral Communications plugin to version 1.6.9 or later. If no patched version is available, disable the plugin immediately or implement additional authentication controls such as IP whitelisting or Web Application Firewall rules to block unauthorized access attempts.
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