8.0High

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. 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.

What this means for your business

An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an ordinary user login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.2% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 14% of all known flaws.

What to do

1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS: 8.0 (v3.1)
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-862
Assigned by: security@wordfence.com

Dates

Published: 2026-09-10
Last modified: 2026-09-10
Sources: NVD

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