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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-5305

The Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API WordPress plugin before 0.0.17 does not use cryptographically sound algorithms to generate OTP codes, potentially leading to acc

Published Sep 18, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 22, 2025 · Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-5305. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.24%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API 0 <0.0.17

The Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API WordPress plugin before 0.0.17 does not use cryptographically sound algorithms to generate OTP codes, potentially leading to account takeovers.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API 0 <0.0.170 <0.0.17

How to fix CVE-2025-5305

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-2025-5305. EPSS is 0.24%. Act only if a listed version of Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Unknown Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API 0 <0.0.17 0 <0.0.17. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.24%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 18, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    The Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API WordPress plugin before 0.0.17 does not use cryptographically sound algorithms to generate OTP codes, potentially leading to account takeovers.

  2. Sep 22, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    The Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API WordPress plugin before 0.0.17 does not use cryptographically sound algorithms to generate OTP codes, potentially leading to account takeovers.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-5305

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-5305

    30-day exploitation probability 0.24%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-29845

    The Password Reset with Code for WordPress REST API WordPress plugin before 0.0.17 does not use cryptographically sound algorithms to generate OTP codes, potentially leading to account takeovers.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 29, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 23, 2026
  • EUVDOct 23, 2026