CVEvulnerability
CVE-2019-25738
9.3 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-06-04
- Last modified
- 2026-07-22
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 CRITICAL — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-306
Description
WordPress Hybrid Composer 1.4.6 contains an unauthenticated settings change vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify WordPress options by exploiting the hc_ajax_save_option action. Attackers can send POST requests to the admin-ajax.php endpoint with the action parameter set to hc_ajax_save_option to enable user registration and set the default role to administrator, enabling account takeover.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality weakness
References
- http://wordpress.framework-y.com wordpress.framework-y.com
- http://wordpress.framework-y.com/hybrid-composer/ wordpress.framework-y.com
- https://labs.sucuri.net/wptf-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-arbitrary-options-update/ labs.sucuri.net
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/47154 www.exploit-db.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-hybrid-composer-unauthenticated-settings-change www.vulncheck.com