# CVE-2025-47646: WordPress PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin <= 1.13 - Broken Authentication Vulnerability

> Attackers can exploit weak password recovery mechanisms to take over user accounts in the PSW Front-end Login & Registration WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 May 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g83r-7cwr-h2jw

## What is CVE-2025-47646?

CVE-2025-47646 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration, published on 23 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration psw-login-and-registration allows Password Recovery Exploitation.This issue affects PSW Front-end Login & Registration: from n/a through <= 1.13.

Weakness: CWE-640 (Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47646?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-47646?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47646 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-47646 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47646 exists.

Public exploit code:

-  WordPress PSW Front-end Login &amp; Registration Plugin <= 1.12 is vulnerable to Broken Authentication  (github_poc): https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-47646
- PoC for CVE-2025-47646 - WordPress PSW Front-end Login Registration Plugin ≤ 1.12 Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation (github_poc): https://github.com/RootHarpy/CVE-2025-47646
- PSW Front-end Login & Registration 1.13 - Weak Password Recovery (nuclei): http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-47646.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-47646 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-47646 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration, published on 23 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-47646 exists.

Affected product: Gilblas Ngunte Possi PSW Front-end Login & Registration. 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-2025-47646/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47646/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-47646
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47646
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-47646

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-47646/
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