CVE-2025-14367: Easy Theme Options <= 1.0 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Plugin Settings Import

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-13 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Easy Theme Options plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Missing Authorization in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to missing authorization checks in the eto_import_settings function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to import arbitrary plugin settings via the 'eto_import_settings' parameter.

Affected products

corsonr Easy Theme Options: through 1.0

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-theme-options/tags/1.0/easy-theme-options.php#L277
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/easy-theme-options/tags/1.0/easy-theme-options.php#L282
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8405e80d-fd72-4d87-b08a-19a686eb2982?source=cve

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