CVE-2025-10742

Critical

Published: 16 October 2025

Published

16 October 2025

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0028 51.1th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-10742 is a critical-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Themeforest (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 48.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved authorizations to directly prevent authorization bypass via user-controlled access to objects allowing unauthenticated password changes.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Validates user-controlled inputs to prevent manipulation of object keys that bypass authorization checks in the plugin.

AC-2 Account Management partial match

prevent

Manages information system accounts to protect against unauthorized modifications such as arbitrary password changes by attackers.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence

Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.

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Why these techniques?

T1190 directly matches exploitation of a public-facing WordPress plugin vulnerability. T1098 is facilitated by the ability to arbitrarily change any user password, enabling account manipulation and takeover.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

The Truelysell Core plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary User Password Change in versions up to, and including, 1.8.6. This is due to the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, letting a user bypass authorization and access system resources.…

This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to change user passwords and potentially take over administrator accounts. Note: This can only be exploited unauthenticated if the attacker knows which page contains the 'truelysell_edit_staff' shortcode.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-10742 is an arbitrary user password change vulnerability in the Truelysell Core plugin for WordPress, affecting versions up to and including 1.8.6. The issue stems from the plugin providing user-controlled access to objects, which allows attackers to bypass authorization checks and access system resources. Published on 2025-10-16, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) and is linked to CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key).

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability to change passwords of any user, including administrators, potentially enabling full account takeover. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to identify a page containing the 'truelysell_edit_staff' shortcode, after which they can directly manipulate user credentials without authentication.

Advisories and further details are provided by Wordfence at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a636e865-9556-4afb-8726-4537a160f379?source=cve and the plugin's ThemeForest listing at https://themeforest.net/item/truelysell-service-booking-wordpress-theme/43398124.