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CVE-2025-9194: Constructor <= 1.6.5 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Theme Clean

• 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: 2025-10-03 · updated 2026-10-11
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Constructor theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the clean() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.5. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a theme clean.

Affected products

• antonshevchuk Constructor: through 1.6.5

References

• https://themes.svn.wordpress.org/constructor/1.6.5/libs/Constructor/Ajax.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d9c479fc-2e98-4851-a36c-2fd219e750ed?source=cve

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