Dataverse Integration 2.77 — 2.81 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via reset_password_link REST Route

Am I affected?

• Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under DataPress (Dataverse Integration).
• No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.

What to do

1. Update to version 2.81.1, or a newer patched version
2. Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
3. Watch DataPress (Dataverse Integration) to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.

Advisory

Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to kr0d.

The Dataverse Integration plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation due to missing authorization checks within its reset_password_link REST endpoint in versions 2.77 through 2.81. The endpoint’s handler accepts a client-supplied id, email, or login, looks up that user, and calls get_password_reset_key() unconditionally. Because it only checks that the caller is authenticated, and not that they own or may edit the target account, any authenticated attacker, with Subscriber-level access and above, can obtain a password reset link for an administrator and hijack that account.

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

Timeline

1. Jul 23, 2025

   CVE published

   Severity high, CVSS 8.8

2. Nov 13, 2026

   Record last updated