JAY Login & Register <= 2.4.01 - Authentication Bypass via Cookie

9.8
Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking
CVE CVE-2025-14440
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 12, 2025
Last Updated December 19, 2025
Researcher kr0d

Description

The JAY Login & Register plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authentication bypass in versions up to, and including, 2.4.01. This is due to incorrect authentication checking in the 'jay_login_register_process_switch_back' function with the 'jay_login_register_process_switch_back' cookie value. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as any existing user on the site, such as an administrator, if they have access to the user id.

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Vulnerability Details for JAY Login & Register

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug jay-login-register (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.5.01, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.4.01
Patched Version
  • 2.5.01

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