What is CVE-2025-15030?

CVE-2025-15030 is a critical-severity vulnerability in User Profile Builder, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-15030?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-15030 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in User Profile Builder

CVE-2025-15030

The User Profile Builder WordPress plugin before 3.15.2 does not have a proper password reset process, allowing a few unauthenticated requests to reset the password of any user by knowing their username, such as administrator ones, and therefore gain access to their account

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.005 (39.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Unknown User Profile Builder — versions 1.1.27

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15030?: CVE-2025-15030 is a critical-severity vulnerability in User Profile Builder, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-02-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-15030?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-15030 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.