CVE-2025-5835 Droip <= 2.2.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Many Actions
Authenticated subscribers can modify posts, settings, and users due to missing capability checks in the Droip WordPress 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-2025-5835?
CVE-2025-5835 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Droip, published on 25 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Droip plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification and access of data due to a missing capability check on the droip_post_apis() function in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.6. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform many actions as the AJAX hooks to several functions. Some potential impacts include arbitrary post deletion, arbitrary post creation, post duplication, settings update, user manipulation, and much more.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5835?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Themeum Droip.
How do I fix CVE-2025-5835?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5835 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-2025-5835 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5835 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Droip
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h7f2-69qh-3xqc.