Flynax Bridge: Privilege escalation or authentication bypass
Flynax Bridge is affected by privilege escalation or authentication bypass. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can grant permissions or access that the caller should not possess.
- Component
- Flynax Bridge
- Plugin slug
flynax-bridge- Affected
- See vendor advisory
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- May 02, 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published May 02, 2025 and is one of 4 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Flynax Bridge to a release outside the affected range, or disable and remove it until a fixed version is available.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Flynax Bridge plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the registerUser() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.0. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to register new user accounts as authors.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L