CVE-2023-35039 is a critical authentication abuse vulnerability in the Be Devious Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API plugin, affecting versions up to 0.0.15. This flaw, categorized as Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307), allows unauthenticated attackers to exploit the password reset mechanism. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a low-complexity attack vector that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bedevious:password_reset_with_code_for_wordpress_rest_api:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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