RingCentral Communications 1.5 - 1.6.8 - Missing Server‑Side Verification to Authentication Bypass via ringcentral_admin_login_2fa_verify Function

2025-08-27 16:25

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Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 1.7.0

Affected PluginRingCentral Communications Plugin – FREE

Affected Version1.5 – 1.6.8

CVSS9.8Critical

CVECVE-2025-7955

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Vulnerability Overview

The 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 Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 1.7.0, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-7955 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0386ed09-296d-4f33-9fe0-964c0c0a9652

CVSS Vector

9.8

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

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

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