CVE-2025-1778
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

The Art Theme for WordPress (CVE-2025-1778) contains a vulnerability related to unauthorized access discovered on June 5, 2025. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 3.12.2.3, stemming from a missing capability check in the 'artthemethemeoption_restore' AJAX function (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N. The security flaw is categorized as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), indicating a fundamental authorization control issue in the theme's implementation (NVD, Wordfence).

Impact

The vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to delete the theme options, potentially affecting the website's appearance and functionality (NVD).

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