CVE-2025-14392 Simple Theme Changer <= 1.0. - Missing Authorization to Plugin Settings Update via AJAX Actions
Authenticated subscribers can modify Simple Theme Changer plugin settings due to missing capability checks on AJAX actions.
- 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-2025-14392?
CVE-2025-14392 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in darendev Simple Theme Changer, published on 12 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Simple Theme Changer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the user_theme_admin, display_method_admin, and set_change_theme_button_name actions actions in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to modify the plugin's settings.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14392?
How do I fix CVE-2025-14392?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14392 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-2025-14392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-877p-9476-9gcg.