Bulk Password Reset lets subscribers take over other accounts
Bulk Password Reset through 1.3.3 fails to validate a user's identity before changing another user's account details. The authoritative description identifies Subscriber-level access and changes to arbitrary users' email addresses followed by password reset, including Administrator accounts. It also describes resetting passwords to a known plugin-configured custom value. These account-change paths can enable administrator takeover.
- Component
- Bulk Password Reset
- Plugin slug
bulk-password-reset- Affected
- <= 1.3.3
- Safe version
- See mitigation notes
- Published
- Sep 10, 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-862 — Missing Authorization
This CVE was published Sep 10, 2026 and is one of 1 known issue for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
A fixed release is not confirmed in the checked records. Obtain the vendor's remediation guidance and apply a confirmed update or application-level fix. Deactivate only when warranted by your risk assessment or advised by your hosting vendor. If in doubt, contact Fused or your hosting vendor.
No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical description
The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like arbitrary user passwords, including administrator passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value, enabling full account takeover of the site. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H