Missing authorization in hakik Bifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links
Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-862Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The WPBifröst – Instant Passwordless Temporary Login Links plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to a missing capability check on the ctl_create_link AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.7. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to create new administrative user accounts and subsequently log in as those.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00367 30th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10299
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4vhf-2fv2-ggw8
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/50946bc7-8d31-4376-bdcc-de7aad700503?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/create-temporary-login/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3379010%40create-temporary-login&new=3379010%40create-temporary-login&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
Sources
- CVE-2025-10299 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-10299 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4vhf-2fv2-ggw8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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