CVE-2025-15096
Privilege Escalation in Videospirecore Plugin via Email Update Abuse
Publication date: 2026-02-11
Last updated on: 2026-02-11
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| videospirecore | theme_plugin | to 1.0.6 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-639 | The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The 'Videospirecore Theme Plugin' for WordPress has a vulnerability that allows privilege escalation through account takeover. This happens because the plugin does not properly verify a user's identity before allowing updates to sensitive details such as email addresses.
As a result, an authenticated attacker with Subscriber-level access or higher can change the email address of any user, including administrators. By doing so, the attacker can reset the targeted user's password and gain unauthorized access to their account.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can have severe impacts including unauthorized access to administrator accounts, which can lead to full site compromise.
- Attackers can escalate their privileges from low-level user accounts to administrator accounts.
- Attackers can take over accounts by changing email addresses and resetting passwords.
- This can result in loss of control over the WordPress site, data breaches, and potential defacement or malicious activity.
How does this vulnerability affect compliance with common standards and regulations (like GDPR, HIPAA)?:
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What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
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