CVE-2025-9266 Accelerate <= 1.5.3 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) ThemeGrill Demo Importer Plugin Installation
Authenticated subscribers can install and activate the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin due to missing capability checks in the Accelerate 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-2025-9266?
CVE-2025-9266 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in themegrill Accelerate, published on 6 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Accelerate theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the enqueue_scripts() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.3. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to install and activate the ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9266?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9266?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9266 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-2025-9266 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9266 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rxwq-9x24-g2q4.