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Description

The AS Password Field In Default Registration Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-12-20 | Published 2026-01-06 | Updated 2026-01-06 | Assigner Wordfence




CRITICAL: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Product status

Default status
unaffected

* (semver)
affected

Timeline

2026-01-05:Disclosed

Credits

Drew Webber finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-b922-4499-bb34-8ea91ba5ace3?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...field-default-registration.php

cve.org (CVE-2025-14996)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-14996)

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