{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14996 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-14996 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aksharsoftsolutions AS Password Field In Default Registration Form, published on 6 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14996 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-14996 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in aksharsoftsolutions AS Password Field In Default Registration Form, published on 6 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14996 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: aksharsoftsolutions AS Password Field In Default Registration Form. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14996/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-14996","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14996/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-14996","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-7fc4-wq7j-5wjr"],"analysis":{"component_type":"cms_plugin","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"WordPress plugin","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can change arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, to gain unauthorized access due to missing identity validation.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Wordfence","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-639","name":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key"}],"description":"The AS Password Field In Default Registration Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"AS Password Field In Default Registration Form \u003c= 2.0.0 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover","id":"CVE-2025-14996","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"BuddyPress Xprofile Custom Field Types \u003c= 1.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion","id":"CVE-2025-14997"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Tenda FH1201 SetIpBind sprintf stack-based overflow","id":"CVE-2025-14995"},"products":["AS Password Field In Default Registration Form"],"published":"2026-01-06","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-04-08","vendors":["aksharsoftsolutions"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can change arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, to gain unauthorized access due to missing identity validation.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14996/"}