The WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ctl_create_link AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new administrative user accounts and subsequently log in as those.
History

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:45:00 +0000

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Description The WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ctl_create_link AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new administrative user accounts and subsequently log in as those.
Title WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links <= 1.0.7 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation
Weaknesses CWE-862
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-15T14:45:52.224Z

Reserved: 2025-09-11T20:55:54.797Z

Link: CVE-2025-10299

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-15T14:45:33.059Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-15T09:15:39.217

Modified: 2025-10-15T09:15:39.217

Link: CVE-2025-10299

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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