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    1 vulnerability by djanym

    CVE-2025-15018 (GCVE-0-2025-15018)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 08:21 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:35
    VLAI
    Title
    Optional Email <= 1.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Account Takeover
    Summary
    The Optional Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.11. This is due to the plugin not restricting its 'random_password' filter to registration contexts, allowing the filter to affect password reset key generation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set a known password reset key when initiating a password reset, reset the password of any user including administrators, and gain access to their accounts.
    Severity
    9.8 (Critical)
    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    SSVC
    Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
    Assigner
    References
    Impacted products
    Vendor Product Version
    djanym Optional Email Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.3.11 (semver)
    		Create a notification for this product.
    Credits
    Drew Webber
    Show details on NVD website
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