CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-14873

HighCVSS 8.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

14th percentile - higher than 14% of all known CVEs

Summary

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, including arbitrary user passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access and above to change arbitrary users' email addresses, including administrators, and reset their passwords.

Risk Assessment

A low-privileged attacker can take over an administrator account and gain full control of the site. The risk is critical for any installation with the plugin enabled.

Recommendation

Update the Bulk Password Reset plugin to a version later than 1.3.3 or disable it. Check administrator accounts for unauthorized email address changes.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS