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CVE-2025-2238: Vikinger <= 1.9.30 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax'

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

The Vikinger theme for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.30. This is due to insufficient user_meta restrictions in the 'vikinger_user_meta_update_ajax' function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to escalate their privileges to Administrator-level.

Affected products

• Odin_Design Vikinger: through 1.9.30

References

• https://themeforest.net/item/vikinger-buddypress-and-gamipress-social-community/28612259
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9e0cba5b-5833-4c02-ac17-830994b0f207?source=cve

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