Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2025-3603

CVE-2025-3603:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Flynax Bridge plugin for WordPress contains a critical privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2025-3603) affecting all versions up to and including 2.2.0. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed on April 24, 2025 (NVD, Patchstack).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper user identity validation prior to updating user details, including passwords. It has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. The weakness is classified as CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change) (NVD).

Impact

This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user passwords, including those of administrators. Once exploited, attackers can gain unauthorized access to user accounts and potentially take full control of the affected WordPress website (Patchstack).

Mitigation and workarounds

Currently, no official fix is available for this vulnerability. Website administrators are advised to either remove the plugin or implement virtual patching solutions. Patchstack has issued a virtual patch to mitigate this issue by blocking potential attacks until an official fix becomes available (Patchstack).

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Source: This report was generated using AI

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