CVE-2025-14975
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Custom Login Page Customizer WordPress plugin before 2.5.4 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
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe Custom Login Page Customizer WordPress plugin before version 2.5.4 contains a broken password reset mechanism that lacks proper validation. An unauthenticated attacker can reset the password of any user account (including administrators) by simply knowing the target's username, due to the absence of proper token or email verification requirements in the password reset flow.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify the plugin is installedCheck your WordPress installation under wp-content/plugins/ for a folder named 'custom-login-page-customizer' or view the installed plugins in the WordPress admin dashboard under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The plugin folder exists or the plugin appears in the WordPress admin plugin list
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Check the installed versionLocate the main plugin file (usually custom-login-page-customizer.php) and open it to find the version comment/header, or check the version column in WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The version number displayed is lower than 2.5.4 or no version number is shown (unpatched versions)
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Confirm password reset functionality is accessibleTest whether the password reset endpoint is accessible on your site (usually wp-login.php?action=lostpassword or a custom login page URL) - no authentication should be required to initiate a password resetAffected if An unauthenticated user can access and submit the password reset form without any verification barriers
If the Custom Login Page Customizer plugin is installed with a version below 2.5.4, your site is vulnerable to unauthenticated password reset attacks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scopedUpdate the Custom Login Page Customizer plugin to version 2.5.4 or later to obtain the patched code with proper password reset validation, rate limiting, and token-based verification.
Custom Login Page Customizer version 2.5.4
- Log in to WordPress admin dashboard
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find 'Custom Login Page Customizer' in the plugin list
- If an update is available, click 'Update Now' to update to version 2.5.4 or later
- Verify the plugin version is 2.5.4 or higher after updating
- Consider resetting passwords for administrator accounts as a precautionary measure
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-14975 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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