CVE Alert: CVE-2025-5931 – wedevs – Dokan Pro

Risk verdict

High potential impact if exploited, but no active exploitation reported to date; patching should be treated as a priority to prevent privilege escalation.

Why this matters

Authenticated vendor-level attackers can elevate to staff privileges and arbitrarily reset admin passwords, gaining full control of the site. In a Dokan-enabled marketplace, this could compromise customer data, enable fraudulent activity, and disrupt trust across the platform.

Most likely attack path

Requires an authenticated vendor-level account (PR:L) with access to the WordPress admin area; exploitation does not require user interaction (UI:N) but does need access to the password update flow. A faulty identity check during password updates enables privilege escalation to administrator, then unilateral password changes.

Who is most exposed

WordPress installations using Dokan Pro <= 4.0.5, especially those with vendor accounts and admin access on shared or hosted environments common to marketplace deployments.

Detection ideas

• Admin password changes initiated by non-admin/vendor accounts
• Unusual password reset requests tied to admin users
• Privilege escalation events or role changes in admin logs
• Unusual login activity from known vendor accounts in admin panel
• Sudden creation or modification of administrator credentials

Mitigation and prioritisation

• Patch to Dokan Pro latest (4.0.6+); deploy in staging before production
• Enforce MFA for all admin and vendor accounts
• Restrict password-reset actions to trusted admin workflows; audit password-reset logs
• Rotate admin credentials and review recent privilege-change events
• Implement change-management procedures and monitor for anomalous admin activity; if patching cannot be effected promptly, apply compensating controls and heightened monitoring immediately.