CVE-2025-15018 PUBLISHED

Optional Email <= 1.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Account Takeover

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 22.12.2025 Published: 07.01.2026 Updated: 07.01.2026

The Optional Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.11. This is due to the plugin not restricting its 'random_password' filter to registration contexts, allowing the filter to affect password reset key generation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set a known password reset key when initiating a password reset, reset the password of any user including administrators, and gain access to their accounts.

Metrics

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

Product Status

Vendor djanym
Product Optional Email
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.3.11 (incl.)

Credits

  • Drew Webber finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE