WordPress plugin
WP Reset – Most Advanced WordPress Reset Tool (PRO) 5.00- 5.98 — Missing Authorization to Database Reset
CVE-2021-36909Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 5.00 – 5.98Update to 5.99 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-284 Improper Access Control
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
WP Reset wp-reset
- Affected5.00 – 5.98
- Patched in5.99
Update to 5.99 or newer.
You are affected if you run 5.00 – 5.98. Version 5.99 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under WP Reset.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 5.99, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch WP Reset to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Dave Jong.
Authenticated Database Reset vulnerability in WordPress WP Reset PRO Premium plugin (versions <= 5.98) allows any authenticated user to wipe the entire database regardless of their authorization. It leads to a complete website reset and takeover.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
More in WP Reset
All 6| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium5.3 | Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via wf-licensing.log ≤2.05Update to 2.06 | CVE-2025-10645 | |
| Medium4.3 | Missing Authorization to License Key Modification ≤2.01Update to 2.03 | CVE-2024-4661 | |
| Medium5.9 | Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness ≤2.0Update to 2.01 | CVE-2023-6799 | |
| High8.8 | Cross-Site Request Forgery 5.00 – 5.98Update to 5.99 | CVE-2021-36908 | |
| Medium5.5 | Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via extra_data Parameter ≤1.86Update to 1.90 | CVE-2021-24424 |
- Medium5.3Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Exposure via wf-licensing.log
≤2.05Update to 2.06
- Medium4.3Missing Authorization to License Key Modification
≤2.01Update to 2.03
- Medium5.9Sensitive Information Exposure due to Insufficient Randomness
≤2.0Update to 2.01
- High8.8Cross-Site Request Forgery
5.00 – 5.98Update to 5.99
- Medium5.5Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via extra_data Parameter
≤1.86Update to 1.90
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.