CVE-2025-14364 Demo Importer Plus <= 2.0.8 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Site Reset and Privilege Escalation
Authenticated subscribers can reset the site and gain administrator privileges due to missing capability checks in the Demo Importer Plus plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-14364?
CVE-2025-14364 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kraftplugins Demo Importer Plus, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Demo Importer Plus plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data, loss of data, and privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the Ajax::handle_request() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to trigger a full site reset, dropping all database tables except users/usermeta and re-running wp_install(), which also assigns the Administrator role to the attacking subscriber account.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14364?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14364?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14364 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-14364 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14364 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-269f-8844-8wj6.