Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-3793

The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updat

Published Apr 24, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 8, 2026 · Buddypress Force Password Change

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3793. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Buddypress Force Password Change is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.2
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.22%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor lamarant Buddypress Force Password Change 0 ≤0.1

The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain prerequisites, to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their accounts.

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  • vendor lamarant Buddypress Force Password Change 0 ≤0.10 ≤0.1

How to fix CVE-2025-3793

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-3793. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Buddypress Force Password Change is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with lamarant Buddypress Force Password Change 0 ≤0.1 0 ≤0.1. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

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Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Apr 24, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain pre

  2. Apr 8, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and including, 0.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above and under certain pre

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-3793

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-3793

    30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-12119

    The Buddypress Force Password Change plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to authenticated account takeover due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password through the 'bp_force_password_ajax' function in all versions up to, and includin

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.