CVE-2025-9202
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Publication date: 2025-08-20
Last updated on: 2025-08-20
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress | * |
| themegrill | colormag | * |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-862 | The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the ColorMag WordPress theme allows authenticated users with Subscriber-level access or higher to modify data without proper authorization. Specifically, due to a missing capability check in the welcome_notice_import_handler() function, these users can install the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin, which they normally should not be able to do.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can allow low-privileged authenticated users to install plugins, potentially leading to unauthorized changes to the website, introduction of malicious code, or other security risks that compromise the integrity of the WordPress site.