What is CVE-2025-4973?

CVE-2025-4973 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amentotech Workreap, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-06-12.

How severe is CVE-2025-4973?

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

Vulnerability in Amentotech Workreap

CVE-2025-4973

The Workreap plugin for WordPress, used by the Workreap - Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to logging them in when verifying an account with an email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as registered users, including administrators, if they know user's email address. This is only exploitable fi the user's confirmation_key has not already been set by the plugin.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.7th 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

Amentotech Workreap — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-288 — Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

References

security@wordfence.com (Third Party Advisory)
security@wordfence.com (Release Notes)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-4973?: CVE-2025-4973 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Amentotech Workreap, classified under Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-06-12.
How severe is CVE-2025-4973?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.