CVE-2025-15001 is a critical privilege-escalation vulnerability in the FS Registration Password plugin for WordPress affecting all versions up to and including 1.0.1. The flaw stems from improper validation of a user's identity before processing a password update, allowing an unauthenticated remote attacker to change the password of an arbitrary user account. Because the vulnerable logic does not adequately verify that the requester is authorized to perform the password change, an attacker can reset passwords for any targeted account, including administrator accounts, and then authenticate as that user. In practical terms, the issue is an account-takeover vulnerability that can directly lead to administrative compromise of the affected WordPress site.
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An unauthenticated account takeover vulnerability in the FS Registration Password WordPress plugin that allows attackers to reset arbitrary users’ passwords, including administrators, enabling account compromise and follow-on shell upload.
A critical privilege escalation vulnerability in the FS Registration Password WordPress plugin (<= 1.0.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to take over arbitrary accounts, including administrators, by changing their passwords without proper identity validation.
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