Is CVE-2025-15018 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-15018 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-15018?

CVE-2025-15018 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-15018?

CVE-2025-15018 has an EPSS score of 0.30% (21th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-15018

CRITICAL

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The Optional Email plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.11. This is due to the plugin not restricting its 'random_password' filter to registration contexts, allowing the filter to affect password reset key generation. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to set a known password reset key when initiating a password reset, reset the password of any user including administrators, and gain access to their accounts.

CWE-639

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.30%probability of exploitation in 30 days

21stpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 21% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-08.