Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in WPBifröst Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2025-10299

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WPbifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links
Vendor
CVE Published:
15 October 2025

What is CVE-2025-10299?

The WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links plugin for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to create unauthorized administrative user accounts. This weakness arises from a missing capability check on the ctl_create_link AJAX action, which can be exploited to gain elevated privileges, potentially compromising the website's security.

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Affected Version(s)

WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links * <= 1.0.7

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://wordpress.org/plugins/create-temporary-login/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Jonas Benjamin Friedli
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