CVE-2025-8446 Blaze Demo Importer <= 1.0.12 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Limited Plugin Install
Authenticated subscribers can install specific plugins due to missing capability checks, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.
- 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-2025-8446?
CVE-2025-8446 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in blazethemes Blaze Demo Importer, published on 16 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Blaze Demo Importer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized limited plugin install due to a missing capability check on the 'blaze_demo_importer_install_plugin' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate a limited number of specific plugins. The News Kit Elementor Addons plugin and a BlazeThemes theme must be installed and activated in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8446?
How do I fix CVE-2025-8446?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8446 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-2025-8446 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8446 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-32px-xrqr-6c5g.