rubenw Bulk Password Reset Plugin up to 1.3.3 on WordPress password recovery

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in rubenw Bulk Password Reset Plugin up to 1.3.3. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation results in password recovery. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-14873. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in rubenw Bulk Password Reset Plugin up to 1.3.3. Affected is an unknown function. 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. CVE summarizes:

The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like arbitrary user passwords, including administrator passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value, enabling full account takeover of the site. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-14873 since 07/06/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. 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 09/10/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

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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• WordPress Plugin

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• rubenw

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• Bulk Password Reset Plugin

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• 1.3.0
• 1.3.1
• 1.3.2
• 1.3.3

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