CVE-2025-5305 is a critical vulnerability affecting the Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API plugin before version 0.0.17, allowing for potential account takeovers due to insecure OTP code generation. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable without authentication, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Password Reset With Code For WordPress REST API | >= 0, < 0.0.17CNA affecteddefault unaffected |
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
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.