CVE-2025-14469 (GCVE-0-2025-14469)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-01 06:48 – Updated: 2026-08-01 06:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Theme Editor <= 3.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery to CSS Modification
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 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.
Severity
4.3 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-352 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| mndpsingh287 | Theme Editor |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 3.1
(semver)
|
Credits
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