CVE-2025-4607 Weak cryptography in PSW Front-end Login & Registration
Unauthenticated attackers can exploit weak OTP entropy to reset passwords and escalate privileges to administrator, leading to full site takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-4607?
CVE-2025-4607 is a critical vulnerability in empoweringprowebsite PSW Front-end Login & Registration, published on 31 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 1.12 via the customer_registration() function. This is due to the use of a weak, low-entropy OTP mechanism in the forget() function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to initiate a password reset for any user, including administrators, and elevate their privileges for full site takeover.
Weakness: CWE-330
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4607?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4607?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4607 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-4607 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4607 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-89rj-jp6w-rcx3.