CVE-2026-14873
The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.24%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like arbitrary user passwords, including administrator passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value, enabling full account takeover of the site. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.24% probability · 15th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-862
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L44
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L594
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L679
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93237020-435f-41a6-bcca-fe7b605723ae?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.