CVE-2025-14998 (GCVE-0-2025-14998)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-02 01:48 – Updated: 2026-01-05 20:39
VLAI?
Title
Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer <= 3.4.24 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Summary
The Branda plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.24. 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.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wpmudev Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer Affected: * , ≤ 3.4.24 (semver)
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Credits
Drew Webber
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