Description
The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 via the customer_registration() function. This is due to the use of a weak, low-entropy OTP mechanism in the forget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to initiate a password reset for any user, including administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
Published: 2025-05-31
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: Privilege Escalation via Weak OTP
Action: Immediate Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-16545 The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 via the customer_registration() function. This is due to the use of a weak, low-entropy OTP mechanism in the forget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to initiate a password reset for any user, including administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
History

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 31 May 2025 06:45:00 +0000

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Description The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 via the customer_registration() function. This is due to the use of a weak, low-entropy OTP mechanism in the forget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to initiate a password reset for any user, including administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
Title PSW Front-end Login & Registration <= 1.12 - Insufficiently Random Values to Unauthenticated Account Takeover/Privilege Escalation via customer_registration Function
Weaknesses CWE-330
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:12:43.620Z

Reserved: 2025-05-12T19:29:25.486Z

Link: CVE-2025-4607

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-06-02T15:18:11.863Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-05-31T07:15:21.070

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-4607

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-21T20:45:25Z

Weaknesses