Description
The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the ms_update AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify child theme CSS styles via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Published: 2026-08-01
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:45:00 +0000

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Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Description The Theme Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery in all versions up to, and including, 3.1. This is due to missing nonce validation on the ms_update AJAX action. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify child theme CSS styles via a forged request granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Theme Editor <= 3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to CSS Modification
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-01T06:48:47.618Z

Reserved: 2025-12-10T16:45:24.726Z

Link: CVE-2025-14469

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Updated: 2026-08-01T08:30:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-352

    Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)