CVE-2025-14998

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.

CVSS v3.1

9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 77th percentile

Nuclei

critical · CWE-639

Published

2026-01-02

Updated

2026-04-08

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• KTN1990/CVE-2025-14998

Nuclei templates (1)

• projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-14998.yaml

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2019-10869
• CVE-2019-12815
• CVE-2019-9978
• CVE-2022-0316
• CVE-2024-13513
• CVE-2024-31351