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CVE-2025-14392: Simple Theme Changer <= 1.0. - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update via AJAX Actions

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-12-12 · updated 2026-10-07
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Simple Theme Changer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the user_theme_admin, display_method_admin, and set_change_theme_button_name actions actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.

Affected products

• darendev Simple Theme Changer: through 1.0

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-theme-changer/tags/1.0/class_theme_changer.php#L262
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/880712ee-373f-49e7-93e3-968f3a0f3f83?source=cve

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