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2 vulnerabilities found for Optional Email by djanym
CVE-2025-15018 (GCVE-0-2025-15018)
Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2026-01-07 08:21 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:17
VLAI?
Title
Optional Email <= 1.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Account Takeover
Summary
The Optional Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.11. This is due to the plugin not restricting its 'random_password' filter to registration contexts, allowing the filter to affect password reset key generation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set a known password reset key when initiating a password reset, reset the password of any user including administrators, and gain access to their accounts.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| djanym | Optional Email |
Affected:
* , ≤ 1.3.11
(semver)
|
Credits
Drew Webber
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CVE-2025-15018 (GCVE-0-2025-15018)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-07 08:21 – Updated: 2026-01-07 16:17
VLAI?
Title
Optional Email <= 1.3.11 - Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation to Account Takeover
Summary
The Optional Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.11. This is due to the plugin not restricting its 'random_password' filter to registration contexts, allowing the filter to affect password reset key generation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set a known password reset key when initiating a password reset, reset the password of any user including administrators, and gain access to their accounts.
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CWE
- CWE-639 - Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key
Assigner
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| djanym | Optional Email |
Affected:
* , ≤ 1.3.11
(semver)
|
Credits
Drew Webber
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