CVE-2026-14545

Status: DeferredCritical (9.8)—

The TrueBooker WordPress plugin before 1.2.4 does not validate account ownership when resetting a user's password through one of its front-end account handlers, allowing unauthenticated attackers to set an arbitrary password on any account, including an administrator, and take over the site.

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 9.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.50%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 41
Score date: 10/5/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1190 Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access95 %
Primary impactT1098.002 Additional Email Delegate Permissionspersistence · privilege escalation90 %
Secondary impactT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation80 %
Secondary impactT1078.001 Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access85 %

Vulnerabilidad en aplicación web expuesta (plugin WordPress) explotable remotamente sin autenticación (AV:N, PR:N, UI:N). Permite cambiar contraseñas de cuentas administrador sin validar propiedad, resultando en secuestro de cuenta y toma de control del sitio.

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Privileged Account Management Multi-factor Authentication Application Isolation and Sandboxing Exploit Protection Update Software Vulnerability Scanning

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Themetechmount — Truebooker^AI

CWEs

CWE-269

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c97d9841-2bd7-438b-a719-7943d671c754/

Raw JSON (NVD)

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