CVE-2025-15096 Privilege escalation in Videospirecore Theme Plugin
Authenticated subscribers can escalate privileges to administrator by changing arbitrary user emails and resetting passwords in the Videospirecore Theme 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-2025-15096?
CVE-2025-15096 is a high-severity vulnerability in kamleshyadav Videospirecore Theme Plugin, published on 11 Feb 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The 'Videospirecore Theme Plugin' plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.6. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15096?
How do I fix CVE-2025-15096?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-15096 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-15096 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x35m-4mv2-6m4p.