Auth bypass in Wpmudev Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer

CVE-2025-14998

The Branda plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.24. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their password. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change arbitrary user's passwords, including administrators, and leverage that to gain access to their account.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.4th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 78th percentile — 78.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-14998: held from 0.018 to 0.019.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.019 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14998?
CVE-2025-14998 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wpmudev Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-01-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-14998?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-14998 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.