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CVE-2025-9890 Details

ANALYZED

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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, 3.0. This is due to missing or incorrect nonce validation on the 'theme_editor_theme' page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution via a forged request granted they can trick a site administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/theme-editor/trunk/app/controller/theme_controller.php#L87 [email protected]Source CodeVendor
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3379404%40theme-editor&new=3379404%40theme-editor&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= [email protected]Source CodeVendor
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/77189684-b794-41a0-8fc0-3320032c2f69?source=cve [email protected]AdvisoryRemedy

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Theme Editor
<= 3.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:themeeditor:theme_editor:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

Remediation

  • Upgrade: 3.1moderate effort

Change History

4 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-9890
NVD Published Date:
Oct 18, 2025
NVD Last Modified:
Sep 26, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2025-9890 Details - Not Deferred