VDB-339576 · CVE-2025-14996 · GCVE-0-2025-14996

AS Password Field In Default Registration Form Plugin authorization

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in AS Password Field In Default Registration Form Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress. It has been declared as critical. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-14996. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in AS Password Field In Default Registration Form Plugin up to 2.0.0 on WordPress. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-639. The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-14996. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 01/06/2026).

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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Productinfo

Type

WordPress Plugin

Name

AS Password Field In Default Registration Form Plugin

Version

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.1
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 9.8
CNA Vector: 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Authorization
CWE: CWE-639 / CWE-285 / CWE-266
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ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Timelineinfo

01/05/2026 Advisory disclosed
01/05/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
01/06/2026 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: wordfence.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-14996 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-14996
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-339576

Entryinfo

Created: 01/05/2026 18:46
Updated: 01/06/2026 06:22
Changes: 01/05/2026 18:46 (49), 01/06/2026 06:22 (14)
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