Description
Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration psw-login-and-registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects PSW Front-end Login & Registration: from n/a through <= 1.13.
Published: 2025-05-23
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 7.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin has a weak password recovery mechanism that allows an attacker to trigger the recovery flow and reset user passwords without proper authentication. This flaw effectively bypasses the intended security controls, granting unauthorized access to accounts and potentially to sensitive data stored on the WordPress site.

Affected Systems

Any WordPress installation that has the PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin version 1.13 or earlier. The plugin is developed by Gilblas Ngunte Possi and is available under the codename PSW Front‑end Login & Registration.

Risk and Exploitability

This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating critical severity. The EPSS of 7% shows a high likelihood of exploitation. The flaw is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, but it can be leveraged by an attacker through the public web interface by submitting a password recovery request for any user. The attack requires no special privileges beyond initial access to the site's front‑end and does not need privileged code execution to succeed.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 29, 2026 at 15:12 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Upgrade the PSW Front‑end Login & Registration plugin to version 1.14 or later, which fixes the password recovery flaw.
  • If an upgrade cannot be performed immediately, temporarily disable the password recovery feature in the plugin settings to block exploitation.
  • Require all users to use strong, unique passwords and change passwords immediately upon detecting suspicious activity.
  • Implement two‑factor authentication for administrative accounts to add an extra layer of protection.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on May 29, 2026 at 15:12 UTC.

Tracking

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-28110 Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration: from n/a through 1.13.
History

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration psw-login-and-registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration: from n/a through <= 1.13. Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration psw-login-and-registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects PSW Front-end Login & Registration: from n/a through <= 1.13.

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration: from n/a through 1.13. Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration psw-login-and-registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration: from n/a through <= 1.13.
Title WordPress PSW Front-end Login & Registration <= 1.13 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability WordPress PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin <= 1.13 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Fri, 23 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 23 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation. This issue affects PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration: from n/a through 1.13.
Title WordPress PSW Front-end Login & Registration <= 1.13 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-640
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Subscriptions

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-29T09:51:55.265Z

Reserved: 2025-05-07T10:45:05.653Z

Link: CVE-2025-47646

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-23T17:03:09.308Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-05-23T13:15:41.907

Modified: 2026-04-29T10:16:47.877

Link: CVE-2025-47646

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-29T15:15:46Z

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