PSW Front-end Login & Registration Plugin up to 1.12 on WordPress customer_registration password recovery

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PSW Front-end Login & Registration Plugin up to 1.12 on WordPress. Affected by this issue is the function customer_registration. This manipulation causes password recovery. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-4607. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in PSW Front-end Login & Registration Plugin up to 1.12 on WordPress and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function customer_registration. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-640. The product contains a mechanism for users to recover or change their passwords without knowing the original password, but the mechanism is weak. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 via the customer_registration() function. This is due to the use of a weak, low-entropy OTP mechanism in the forget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to initiate a password reset for any user, including administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.

The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-4607 since 05/12/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/03/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Password recovery
CWE: CWE-640
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/12/2025 🔍
05/30/2025 +18 days 🔍
05/30/2025 +0 days 🔍
06/03/2025 +3 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-4607 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-4607
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-310729

Entryinfo

Created: 05/30/2025 22:46
Updated: 06/03/2025 01:23
Changes: 05/30/2025 22:46 (51), 05/31/2025 09:38 (12), 06/03/2025 01:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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