Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Branda Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2025-14998

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer
Vendor
CVE Published:
2 January 2026

What is CVE-2025-14998?

The Branda plugin for WordPress contains a vulnerability that allows for privilege escalation through account takeover. This issue arises from the plugin's failure to validate a user's identity effectively before permitting password updates. As a result, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this flaw to change the passwords of any user, including administrators, thereby gaining unauthorized access to their accounts. Proper user authentication measures are crucial to prevent such vulnerabilities and protect valuable website data.

Affected Version(s)

Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer * <= 3.4.24

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/branda-white-l...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3429115/bran...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Drew Webber
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CVE-2025-14998 : Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in Branda Plugin for WordPress