Unauthenticated account takeover via unchecked password reset
Published Oct 3, 2025 · Updated Oct 3, 2025
Privilege escalation in Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce 1.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over any WordPress account. The reset_user_password() REST handler accepts a target account and new password without verifying the caller's authority over that account. No authentication or user interaction is required; resetting an administrator's password grants full administrative access to the site.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce 1.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to take over any WordPress account. The reset_user_password() REST handler accepts a target account and new password without verifying the caller's authority over that account. No authentication or user interaction is required; resetting an administrator's password grants full administrative access to the site.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-9286
- Published
- Oct 3, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Appy Pie
- Product
- Appy Pie Connect for WooCommerce
- Classifications
- CWE-620, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 3, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=* <=1.1.2
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Nxploited CVE-2025-9286 exploit scriptfunctional · demonstrated
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