vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: password-policy-manager: CVE-2025-31019: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 5, 2025 | Jun 11, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 5, 2025
Added
Jun 11, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Password Policy Manager | Password Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password through the moppm_submit_new_pass() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
Solution
password-policy-manager-plugin-cve-2025-31019
References
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31019
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/adeb4e0b-13fe-4f80-9b24-62bf2a057ead?source=api-prod
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-17488
- CVE-2025-31019
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-31019
- CWE-288
- EUVD-EUVD-2025-17488
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