Unauthenticated account takeover via arbitrary transient lookup
Published Feb 27, 2025 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Authentication bypass in Pluginly Login Me Now 1.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to access an existing WordPress account. AutoLogin::listen() accepts an attacker-chosen transient name and uses the associated value for authentication without binding it to a plugin-issued login request. Exploitation requires another component to create a reusable transient name and value; the resulting session can belong to an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Pluginly Login Me Now 1.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to access an existing WordPress account. AutoLogin::listen() accepts an attacker-chosen transient name and uses the associated value for authentication without binding it to a plugin-issued login request. Exploitation requires another component to create a reusable transient name and value; the resulting session can belong to an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-1717
- Published
- Feb 27, 2025
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Pluginly
- Product
- Login Me Now
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1078
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 27, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.7.2
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