"I can erase a securely hashed password and set a new one" is very common and generally seen as safe, and does not at all require being able to "know what [the

"I can erase a securely hashed password and set a new one" is very common and generally seen as safe, and does not at all require being able to "know what [the current password is]". Most can do this. As a concrete example, phpMyAdmin has UI specifically for editing password fields: https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-reset-a-wordpress-password-from-phpmyadmin/ https://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/how-to-reset-a-wo...