CVE-2025-3793 Buddypress Force Password Change <= 0.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Account Takeover via Password Update
Authenticated attackers can change arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, leading to account takeover due to missing identity validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3793?
CVE-2025-3793 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in lamarant Buddypress Force Password Change, published on 24 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain prerequisites, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their accounts.
Weakness: CWE-620
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3793?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3793?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3793 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-3793 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3793 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv8q-7rjw-5h3j.