CVE-2025-9202 ColorMag <= 4.0.19 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) ThemeGrill Demo Importer Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin due to missing capability checks in the ColorMag theme.
- 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-2025-9202?
CVE-2025-9202 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themegrill ColorMag, published on 20 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The ColorMag theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the welcome_notice_import_handler() function in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.19. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9202?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9202?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9202 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-2025-9202 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9202 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-43mj-9cgh-6hg5.