CVE-2025-3844
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The PeproDev Ultimate Profile Solutions plugin for WordPress contains an Authentication Bypass vulnerability (CVE-2025-3844) affecting versions 1.9.1 to 7.5.2. The vulnerability was discovered and disclosed in May 2025. The issue exists in the plugin's login functionality and affects WordPress installations using this plugin (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from improper restrictions in the handelajaxreq() function regarding the changeusermeta functionality. This implementation flaw allows setting an OTP code that can subsequently be used to log in. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 CRITICAL (Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is classified as CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to bypass authentication and login as other users on the site, including administrators. This level of access could potentially lead to complete site compromise, as attackers could gain administrative privileges (NVD).

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