Description

The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain prerequisites, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their accounts.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-3793

CVSS Base Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS Base Score: 4.2

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor: lamarant

Product: Buddypress Force Password Change

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.03% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 6.28% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-05-23 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3793
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e3048c4c-77b1-4778-a5d0-b532df777d06?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/buddy-press-force-password-change/trunk/bp-force-password-change.php#L93

Timeline