# CVE-2026-14237: Vitepos WordPress plugin privilege escalation in password reset

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-14237-vitepos-wordpress-plugin-privilege-escalation-in-password-reset  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-10. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-14237 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-08-10

Vitepos is a point-of-sale system plugin for WordPress. The plugin fails to properly check whether a user should be allowed to reset another specific user's password, allowing staff with the "Outlet Manager" role to reset administrator passwords and take over their accounts without additional authorization.

Technologies: [Vitepos](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/vitepos). Vendors: [Vitepos](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/vitepos).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-14237 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-14237 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-14237?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 10 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Vitepos before 3.6.0; Vitepos Lite before 3.5.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-14237?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-14237 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-14237?** Check whether you run Vitepos or Vitepos Lite at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a privilege escalation in the password-reset API endpoint (wp-json/vitepos/v1/user/change-pass-force). The plugin checks only that the current user has the global 'change-any-user-pass' capability (granted by default to the Outlet Manager role) but performs no per-target authorization check before calling wp_set_password() on arbitrary user IDs. An authenticated Outlet Manager can exploit this by sending a POST request with any target user_id to reset that user's password, including administrators. The vulnerability affects Vitepos Pro versions before 3.6.0 and Vitepos Lite before 3.5.0; fixes are available in 3.6.0 and 3.5.0 respectively.

## Affected products

- Vitepos Vitepos before 3.6.0
- Vitepos Vitepos Lite before 3.5.0

## Timeline

- 2026-08-07: disclosed
- 2026-08-10: advisory

## References

- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f1eb6ec-c4fb-4c0d-887d-1812a84e29c0/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7f1eb6ec-c4fb-4c0d-887d-1812a84e29c0/)

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