CVE-2025-14469
Published: Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:16
Summary
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
Details
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.
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References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-editor/trunk/includes/classes/ms_theme_editor_controller.php#L13
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-editor/trunk/includes/classes/ms_theme_editor_controller.php#L60
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-editor/#developers
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1dd4e39a-9b2f-4728-b026-2dee60257c46?source=cve
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