Workreap <= 3.3.1 — Authentication Bypass via 'workreap_verify_user_account'
CVE-2025-4973Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤3.3.1Update to 3.3.2 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Critical9.8
- CVSS
- 9.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Required access
- No account needed
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Workreap workreap
- Affected≤ 3.3.1
- Patched in3.3.2
Update to 3.3.2 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 3.3.1. Version 3.3.2 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Workreap.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
- No account is needed to exploit this. Treat any exposed site on an affected version as at risk.
What to do
- Update to version 3.3.2, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Workreap to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Foxyyy.
The Workreap plugin for WordPress, used by the Workreap - Freelance Marketplace WordPress Theme, is vulnerable to authentication bypass in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.1. This is due to the plugin not properly verifying a user's identity prior to logging them in when verifying an account with an email address. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to log in as registered users, including administrators, if they know user's email address. This is only exploitable fi the user's confirmation_key has not already been set by the plugin.
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
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All 5| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤3.3.6No patch available | CVE-2025-22728 | |
| High8.1 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion ≤3.3.5Update to 3.3.6 | CVE-2025-59566 | |
| High8.8 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'workreap_temp_upload_to_media' ≤3.3.2Update to 3.3.3 | CVE-2025-5012 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover ≤3.2.5Update to 3.2.6 | CVE-2024-13446 |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤3.3.6No patch available
- High8.1Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
≤3.3.5Update to 3.3.6
- High8.8Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Upload via 'workreap_temp_upload_to_media'
≤3.3.2Update to 3.3.3
- Critical9.8Unauthenticated Privilege Escalation via Account Takeover
≤3.2.5Update to 3.2.6
Timeline
CVE published
Severity critical, CVSS 9.8
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
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- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.