CVE•Published 2025-10-31•Modified 2026-10-07•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-5397
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
55
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 45% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Noo JobMonster theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in all versions up to, and including, 4.8.1. This is due to the check_login() function not properly verifying a user's identity prior to successfully authenticating them This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to bypass standard authentication and access administrative user accounts. Please note social login needs to be enabled in order for a site to be impacted by this vulnerability.
Timeline
Published 2025-10-31
Modified 2026-10-07
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-5397Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-5397Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-5397Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-5397GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-5397" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.