Password Policy Manager <= 2.0.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
Strategic Overview
<= 2.0.4CVE-2025-31019Vulnerability Overview
The Password Policy Manager | Password Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.4. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like password through the moppm_submit_new_pass() function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.0.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
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