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CVE-2019-25738 (GCVE-0-2019-25738)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-04 13:22 – Updated: 2026-06-04 13:44

Title

WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 Unauthenticated Settings Change

Summary

WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

9.8 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-306 - Missing Authentication for Critical Function

Assigner

VulnCheck

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154	exploit
http://wordpress.framework-y.com	product
http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer/	product
https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unau…	third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hy…	third-party-advisory

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
framework-y	Hybrid Composer	Affected: 1.4.6

Date Public

2019-07-24 00:00

Credits

yasin

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FKIE_CVE-2019-25738

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-04 14:16 - Updated: 2026-07-22 20:10

Severity

9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

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	disclosure@vulncheck.com	http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer/
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update/
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154
	disclosure@vulncheck.com	https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-settings-change

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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GHSA-P9G9-JPX8-W224

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-04 15:30 – Updated: 2026-06-04 15:30

Details

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2019-25738"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-306"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-06-04T14:16:32Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.",
  "id": "GHSA-p9g9-jpx8-w224",
  "modified": "2026-06-04T15:30:39Z",
  "published": "2026-06-04T15:30:39Z",
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    },
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      "url": "https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-settings-change"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://wordpress.framework-y.com"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer"
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
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}

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CVE-2019-25738 (GCVE-0-2019-25738)

FKIE_CVE-2019-25738

GHSA-P9G9-JPX8-W224

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