wpmudev Branda Plugin up to 3.4.29 on WordPress password recovery

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A vulnerability has been found in wpmudev Branda Plugin up to 3.4.29 on WordPress and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in password recovery. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-11551. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in wpmudev Branda Plugin up to 3.4.29 on WordPress. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a password recovery vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Branda plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.29. 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 weakness was released by Tran Van Nhan and Vo Van Minh. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-11551 since 06/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1552 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.4.29 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-38097). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Type

• WordPress Plugin

Vendor

• wpmudev

Name

• Branda Plugin

Version

• 3.4.0
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2
• 3.4.3
• 3.4.4
• 3.4.5
• 3.4.6
• 3.4.7
• 3.4.8
• 3.4.9
• 3.4.10
• 3.4.11
• 3.4.12
• 3.4.13
• 3.4.14
• 3.4.15
• 3.4.16
• 3.4.17
• 3.4.18
• 3.4.19
• 3.4.20
• 3.4.21
• 3.4.22
• 3.4.23
• 3.4.24
• 3.4.25
• 3.4.26
• 3.4.27
• 3.4.28
• 3.4.29

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