CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-2278
4.3 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-09-19
- Last modified
- 2026-09-21
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-862
Description
The VW Writer Blog theme for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'vw_writer_blog_reset_all_settings' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.8. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to reset all theme customizer settings to their defaults.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization weakness
References
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/1.3.6/functions.php#L487 themes.trac.wordpress.org
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/1.3.9/functions.php#L487 themes.trac.wordpress.org
- https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vw-writer-blog/trunk/functions.php#L487 themes.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b1751f0-d385-43f5-bf90-82479a9c6694?source=cve www.wordfence.com