# CVE-2025-31019: WordPress Password Policy Manager plugin <= 2.0.4 - Account Takeover vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authentication via an alternate path to take over accounts in the miniOrange Password Policy Manager WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pfpm-cp34-hh83

## What is CVE-2025-31019?

CVE-2025-31019 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in miniOrange Password Policy Manager, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel vulnerability in miniOrange Password Policy Manager password-policy-manager allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects Password Policy Manager: from n/a through <= 2.0.4.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-31019?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-31019?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-31019 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-31019 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-31019 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-31019 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in miniOrange Password Policy Manager, published on 9 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-31019 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: miniOrange Password Policy Manager. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31019/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31019/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-31019
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-31019
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-31019

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-31019/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.